BA (Hons) History at University of Strathclyde

Programme overview

BA (Hons) History is taught at the University of Strathclyde, home to the Scottish Oral History Centre and the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare. Teaching covers the early-modern and modern eras and regions including Scotland, Britain, Europe, Ireland, Russia, the Americas, Africa and South Asia, with a distinctive oral history approach.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | Duration: 4 years (Honours) | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Teaching covers politics and society, global conflict, empires and diplomacy, and health and medicine. Year 1 has two History modules on core principles and the origins of modern Britain; Year 2 offers modules on Glasgow and Scotland, modern Europe, twentieth-century warfare, the British Empire, and health and disease; Year 3 includes Historiography and Research Methods with options such as Slavery in World History and Cold War Europe; Year 4 centres on a dissertation and a special subject class.

Career pathways

History graduates have gone into museums and heritage, the civil service, the Scottish Parliament, the charity sector, libraries, teaching, academia, journalism, banking, and marketing and PR; many continue to Masters or postgraduate study.

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Entry requirements

Scottish Highers (standard offer): AAAA at first sitting, AAAAB at second sitting, including Higher English plus Maths or Applications of Mathematics at National 5 grade C or equivalent. Minimum (contextual) offer: AABB at first sitting or AABBB at second sitting with the same subject requirements. Preferred subjects: Classical Studies, Drama, Economics, Gaelic, Geography, History, Modern Studies, a modern language (German, French, Spanish or Italian), Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Sociology. A-levels: ABB-BBB (Year 2 entry AAA-ABB). International Baccalaureate: 32-30 points (Year 2 entry 36-32). Irish Leaving Certificate: two H2 passes and three H3 passes including English. HNC (Social Sciences): Year 1 entry with A in the Graded Unit and Maths National 5 C or equivalent. HND (Social Sciences): AAB in Graded Units may enable second-year entry to History with Politics & International Relations or Psychology, with six HNC/HND credits in each of the two subjects. Students are required to register with the Scottish Government's Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme. Contextual admissions: lower offers are made to certain widening-access applicants. International applicants: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no component below 5.5 (University of Strathclyde standard requirement). Overseas qualifications are assessed against Strathclyde's country-specific entry requirements. International students without the academic entry level can take the Undergraduate Foundation Programme at the University of Strathclyde International Study Centre.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Rest of UK (England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland) rate for full-time undergraduate programmes; Scotland-domiciled fee to be confirmed by the Scottish Funding Council Source

International applicants: GBP 24,100 a year (2027/28). Annual tuition for international students Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years (Honours)

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