History and Politics

About this course

History and Politics is a combination that has long made intellectual sense: politics without history lacks context, and history without political analysis often lacks explanatory power. At the University of Edinburgh, this MA programme runs over four years of full-time study and includes a year abroad, allowing you to bring an international dimension to your understanding of both disciplines. Edinburgh's Scottish degree structure gives you additional breadth in your first two years before you specialise more deeply, and the programme sits at the meeting point of the university's strong humanities and social science traditions. Studying history at this level means learning to read the past critically rather than simply memorising it. You will work with primary sources, evaluate competing interpretations, and develop the habit of situating events within broader political, economic, and s

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 75% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 25% of graduatescards →

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