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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

2024 entry requirements

Standard entry:
4 Highers at BBBB (by end of S5) plus English at National 5. Those with Highers at BBB by end of S5 are encouraged to apply.

Entry to year 2 may be possible with 3 Advanced Highers at ABB including History at A.

Widening access entry:
2 Highers at BB (by end of S5). Additional Highers/Advanced Highers in S6.

1 Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted in place of a Higher.