History

Overview

Throughout this History BA degree from the University of Reading you'll explore the past and what it means to be human as our academics take you on a journey through Britain, Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East and South Asia, spanning the past thousand years.

Choose history at the University of Reading

• Top 125 in the world for History, Philosophy and Theology (Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022).
• Top 200 in the world for History (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023).
• In 2022, we achieved a 94% satisfaction score for BA History (National Student Survey 2022).

Your first year acts as an introduction, helping you to transition from school to university and identify your individual areas of interest. You’ll be presented with new and exciting fields of history you may not have considered before, including people, power and revolution, and culture, art and ideas.

Experts from the Department of History will equip you with the skills you need to study and research history, as you start to shape your degree through your choice of optional modules – from time periods ranging from medieval to modern, and from America to Africa.

Career opportunities:

Throughout your degree you will complete career and skills-related modules, encouraging you to think about future career options and the skills you will need to succeed.

Our students develop a broad range of transferable skills, including: the ability to think clearly and critically; to communicate with confidence; and to work effectively, both individually and as part of a team.

Recent employers have included:

• Museum of London
• British Army
• BBC News
• KPMG
• Department for Education
• Deloitte
• The National Trust
• civil service (including Fast Track).