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Master Histoire – Parcours Histoire des sociétés urbaines at Université de Tours

Université de Tours, France

Programme overview

Two-year Master giving in-depth historical culture with a specialisation in urban history and in economic and social history, an introduction to research on a chosen period and subject, and preparation for professional integration through workshops, placements and tutored projects. Location: Tours.

Faculty: UFR d'Arts et Sciences Humaines  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Location: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

What you will study

Research seminars, sources, corpora and methods, research tools, project support, dissertation, epistemology of research, an option or placement, transversal skills and professional integration, and urban-societies history.

Career pathways

Research, teaching, State and territorial civil service, and the private sector (consulting and strategic analysis); history-geography teacher, lecturer-researcher or historian, administrative assistant, territorial attaché, librarian, documentalist, human-resources roles.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Licence in History, Art History or Art History and Archaeology; holders of other Licences (Letters, Languages, LLCER, Law, Political Science, Sociology) must justify a research project related to the Master. Expected: solid historical knowledge at Licence level and motivation for research. M1 through Mon Master (80 places for the mention). Application windows: Master 1 via Mon Master (trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr): 17 February to 16 March 2026 (80 places for the mention); Master 2 via eCandidat: 10 to 30 June 2026.

Domestic applicants: EUR 255 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee for Master (EU/EEA and exempt students). Excludes the CVEC student contribution (105 EUR). Source

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026/2027). Differentiated fee for non-EU primo-entrants; exemptions apply (e.g. apprenticeship, bursary holders, partial exemption on request). Source

Duration: 2 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.trouvermonmaster.gouv.fr/

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