Diverse staff interests and courses allow study across a wide range of themes, periods and geographical areas as single or joint honours degrees. This video introduces History at the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh has one of the largest groups of historians at any University in Britain and Ireland and offers an extremely wide choice of courses covering a range of themes, period and geographical areas. A rich mix of different approaches to the study of History is represented among our staff, and their research interests cover a broad chronological sweep from the early medieval period to contemporary history. Degree programmes run by the SchoolThe School runs a number of history degree programmes, or degree programmes that include a significant history element:Degree title2025 entry2026 entryMA Ancient and Medieval HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA History and ArchaeologyInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA History and ClassicsInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA History and EconomicsInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA History and History of ArtInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA History and PoliticsInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA History and Scottish HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryJoint degrees run by other SchoolsOther Schools also run degree programmes which have a significant history element:Degree title2025 entry2026 entryMA Arabic and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Celtic and Scottish HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Chinese and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA English Literature and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA French and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA German and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Italian and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryLLB Law and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Russian Studies and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Scandinavian Studies and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Scottish Ethnology and Scottish HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Scottish Literature and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Scottish Literature and Scottish HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryMA Spanish and HistoryInformation about 2025 entryInformation about 2026 entryDegrees in Ancient HistoryIf you are interested in Ancient History courses, we have them listed on our Classics degrees page. This article was published on 2024-08-01