History

The SOAS University of London History Department is one of the world’s major centres offering supervision for research degrees in African and Asian history. It attracts students and scholarly visitors from all parts of the world.

The History Department atSOAS University of Londonprovides opportunities for well-qualified applicants to join large groups of students and staff working in or around their specialist fields of history. The unique combination of individual supervision, taught courses and seminars ensures that the large majority of students complete their degrees within four years.

Employment

With specialised historical knowledge, an understanding of cultural sensibilities and skills in research and analysis, graduates from the Department of History are well respected by employers across private and public sectors.Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Al Jazeera

• Amnesty International

• Bank of England

• BBC

• Blackstock PR

• Bonhams

• British Council

• British Library

• Dataminr

• Ernst and Young

• Goldman Sachs

• Google

• HSBC

How you will learn:

• SOAS students have unrestricted and usually free access to a huge range of seminars, conferences and workshops being held in SOAS or within easy reach.

• Most importantly, they attend a weekly regional history seminar – on Africa, South Asia, the Near and Middle East, East Asia, or South East Asia – and often special workshops on themes related to their research.