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Study with us at Aberdeen and immerse yourself in past human experience, exploring the medieval, early modern and modern periods in Scotland, Europe and the wider world – at a university steeped in five hundred years of history.

Year 1: Making History – An introduction to the subject at university level (compulsory); Plus a choice of two courses from: Europe in the Twentieth Century; Renaissances and Reformations; Vikings!

Year 2: Choice of level 2 history courses, from: Kingship, Clearances and Conflict:Debates in Scottish History; Power and Piety: Medieval Europe, 1100-1500; Birth of Modernity: Politics, Culture and Science in Europe, 1700-1870; Global Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century.

Years 3 and 4: Thinking History; Special Subject; History in Practice; Undergraduate Dissertation in History; Focused Honours Options reflecting student and staff interests.

Entry Requirements

2026 entry requirements:

Standard entry:
4 Highers at BBBB plus English at National 5.

For second year entry you would require the above plus Advanced Higher History and another relevant subject at AB or BA.

Widening access entry:
3 Highers at BBC plus English at National 5.

1 Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted in place of a Higher.