History
Welcome to the Department of History.
Join our vibrant and thoughtful community. Uncover the dynamics that have shaped past societies in a city with a wealth of archives, museums and historic buildings. Find out more about our courses and what it's like to be a student here with York Virtual Visit.
Access to Archives
The University is home to the Borthwick Institute for Archives and students can also access York Minster Library and the City Archives.
UK Top 10
Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2024.
3rd in the UK
for research impact in History, in the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF results (2021).
Our courses
- History (BA)
- History/Economics (BA)
- History/English (BA)
- History/History of Art (BA)
- History/Philosophy (BA)
- History/Politics (BA)
- Languages (French) and History (with a year abroad) (BA)
- Languages (German) and History (with a year abroad) (BA)
- Languages (Italian) and History (with a year abroad) (BA)
- Languages (Spanish) and History (with a year abroad) (BA)
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Hear from our students
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What it’s like to study history at York
Posted by Ed I’m nearly dead. It’s exam season. It’s late at night. Curse my ADHD brain that only works for one hour at a random time…
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3 Things to Look forward to as a Joint Honours Student
Posted by George So you’ve chosen a joint honours course and you might be sat there thinking “oh no, what have I gotten myself into?”. Well banish…
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Surprising areas of History – what York has to offer
Posted by Sarah My first year as a History student The first term of 1st Year allowed me to study World History through looking at Political Communities…
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How the Borthwick Archives bring my History degree to life
Posted by Fran The Borthwick Institute for Archives is the third section to York’s university library, and it’s arguably my favourite part! Although the shelves stacked full…
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