Studying history enables us to put ourselves and our societies into perspective, establishing connections between the events, ideas and people that built past and present worlds. Here at Huddersfield you’ll be able to engage with a different approaches to history, and work with primary source materials in dynamic and innovative ways.

• History has a 91.6% student satisfaction rating (NSS 2020).
• Our History modules cover a range of eras from medieval to modern times, and are geographically diverse allowing you to investigate the periods that inspire you most.
• You’ll gain valuable real world experience. The 5-week work experience placement in Year 2 and the optional year-long placement after the second year could help open up your graduate employment prospects.
• You can get creative with opportunities to design a marketing pitch for a historical film, or an interactive soundwalk.
• 100% of students agree that 'staff are good at explaining things' (NSS 2020).
• Opportunities to explore our innovative award-winning archive at Heritage Quay and the newly opened Holocaust Learning and Exhibition Centre.
• You could also join the student History Society, and organise trips, debates and social events.

Our course also gives you a range of skills that you can take out into the world of work - good communication and analytical skills, independent and team working, and problem solving.

Placements

The course offers a compulsory 5-week work placement in Year 2. If you’re studying full-time, this course also offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad. This will give you the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, insight into your chosen career and open up your graduate employment prospects. Our Placement Unit and academic staff have excellent industry links and can support you in applying for and finding your placement(s), as well as during your placement year.

Previous placement students have worked at places like National Coal Mining Museum, Barclays Group Archive, the Isle of Man Motor Museum, West Yorkshire Archives and a range of primary and secondary schools.

Your Career

As a History graduate, you are valued for the advanced skills you have developed in analysis and communication, self-motivation, teamwork, creative problem solving and persuasiveness.

A selection of organisations that have employed Huddersfield graduates in recent years include BT, the Civil Service, the Royal Armouries Museum, the House of Commons, the British Red Cross, the British Library, West Yorkshire Police, the Department for Education and Emerald Group Publishing. Others have opted for PGCE study and have become teachers, or continued their studies at Master's level.*