History BA (Hons)

Key highlights

• Ranked top 10 in UK for student satisfaction, Complete University Guide 2025
• Explores how interpretations of the past shape the present day
• Covers war, political turmoil and social change at home and abroad
• Examines changing roles of race, class and gender in society
• Engages with debates over monuments and heritage
• Focus on Early Modern, British and European history

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Global Scholarships

  £1,500 tuition fee waiver deducted from first years tuition fee at the point of offer.

  Up to £1,500

• Progression Partner Scholarship

  £5,000 tuition fee waiver deducted from first years tuition fee at the point of offer.

  Up to £5,000

• Sports Global Excellence Scholarship

  The value of the scholarship will be £7,500 (spread over the 3 years) for Undergraduate students and £5,000 for Postgraduate students.

• Sports Scholarships

  Please contact the provider.

• Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

  £7,500 tuition fee waiver split over the three years of tuition fee.

  Up to £7,500

Careers this course leads to

• Museum curator
• Archivist
• Heritage officer
• Secondary school teacher (with PGCE)
• Researcher
• Civil service administrator

Cost of study

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Gloucestershire, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.