World History & Cultures MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By King's College London |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

30,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

HistoryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our World History & Cultures MA offers you the chance to study the history of global interaction, and of the transnational histories of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Students on the MA can study global processes such as the history of empires; or focus of particular continent(s).

King’s College London has been central to the history of global interaction for a century. From the 1920s it was one of the UK’s major centres for British imperial history. In more recent decades has become a leading international centre in the fields of Global and Transnational History. As well as providing training in historical research methods, and global and transnational history, our course offers you the opportunity to personalise your degree by choosing optional modules offered by other departments at King’s or from available MA courses at our London partner institutions (which include UCL, Queen Mary and Royal Holloway).

Students on the degree have followed careers in academia, education more broadly, journalism, finance, politics and cultural sectors.

Key benefits
  • One of the best history departments in the world, ranked 3rd in the UK for Research Power (REF 2021) and in the top 10 History departments in Europe (QS World University Rankings 2025).
  • King’s graduates enjoy one of the best employment rates and starting salaries in the UK. Ranked 7th in the UK for graduate employability (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024).
  • Global coverage, with modules taught on all populated continents. King’s history department offers perhaps the broadest geographical coverage of any history department in the UK, with key concentrations in the history of South Asia, Australia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America, as well as Europe.
  • One of the most comprehensive coverage of the history of the European seaborne empires of any university in the UK and has key figures in the study of South Asia, Australia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Our central London location offers students unrivalled access to world-class museums, collections, archives and libraries as well as easy access to resources in Europe.

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our World History & Cultures MA offers you the chance to study the history of global interaction, and of the transnational histories of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Students on the MA can study global processes such as the history of empires; or focus of particular continent(s).

King’s College London has been central to the history of global interaction for a century. From the 1920s it was one of the UK’s major centres for British imperial history. In more recent decades has become a leading international centre in the fields of Global and Transnational History. As well as providing training in historical research methods, and global and transnational history, our course offers you the opportunity to personalise your degree by choosing optional modules offered by other departments at King’s or from available MA courses at our London partner institutions (which include UCL, Queen Mary and Royal Holloway).

Students on the degree have followed careers in academia, education more broadly, journalism, finance, politics and cultural sectors.

Key benefits
  • One of the best history departments in the world, ranked 3rd in the UK for Research Power (REF 2021) and in the top 10 History departments in Europe (QS World University Rankings 2025).
  • King’s graduates enjoy one of the best employment rates and starting salaries in the UK. Ranked 7th in the UK for graduate employability (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024).
  • Global coverage, with modules taught on all populated continents. King’s history department offers perhaps the broadest geographical coverage of any history department in the UK, with key concentrations in the history of South Asia, Australia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America, as well as Europe.
  • One of the most comprehensive coverage of the history of the European seaborne empires of any university in the UK and has key figures in the study of South Asia, Australia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Our central London location offers students unrivalled access to world-class museums, collections, archives and libraries as well as easy access to resources in Europe.

Admission Requirements

185+
3.3+
7+
100+
69+
Bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours in history or a related subject such as politics. Students without a history degree may be required to show relevant research skills in order to be accepted.

1 Year
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Domestic
13,500 GBP
International
30,000 GBP

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