Alumni
As UBC History Alumni, you have a longstanding record of individual achievements and collective success. Since 1915, our Department’s alumni have made a mark for themselves around the world. Get Involved The Department of History invites alumni and friends to support thinking that can change the world. At UBC, we generate ideas that improve and […]
Funding
Make the most of the financial resources available to you as a UBC student. Most of the financial support for both MA and PhD students in the department is in the form of external awards, teaching assistantships, Four Year Fellowships (university-wide awards) and Graduate Support Initiative Awards. The department works to combine these resources in […]
Advising
Prospective Students: If you have questions as to whether the graduate program can provide a good fit with your academic interests and goals, please feel free to contact the history graduate advisor. For any questions about the application process, please contact the history graduate programme assistant. Current Students: Students in a history graduate program are […]
Admissions
Students interested in the Department of History graduate programs must meet the minimum admission requirements and follow the application procedures below. Please keep in mind that successful applicants typically have qualifications higher than the minimum listed. Each year we receive many more applications than we can accept. Application Deadline The deadlines for applicants to submit […]
PhD Program
The PhD program in the Department of History is designed to take five years to complete. It requires full-time academic residency until the attainment of candidacy. PhD Program Overview Students in the PhD program complete their coursework in their first year; take their comprehensive exams, defend their prospectus, and advance to candidacy in their second […]
MA Program
The Master’s (MA) program in the Department of History is a 24-month program and requires full-time residential study. The history master’s program includes regional and thematic courses, methods and historiography, and a research seminar, culminating in the writing of thesis. Program Requirements – MA Degree Conference Travel Funding Graduate students are now eligible to […]
Funding
Make the most of the financial resources available to you as a UBC student. Essays and Competitions Scholarships and Prizes For further inquiries on funding opportunities, please contact your student services and your Enrollment Services Advisor.
Opportunities
Diversify your studies and learn what you can do with a history degree. Get involved in the many exciting opportunities the Department of History has to offer.
BA History Program
Study the moments that matter with our award-winning faculty. BA in History Historians study the way in which human communities and their members have behaved, how they have constituted themselves, how they have conducted and sustained their lives, and how they have thought about their condition and the traditions to which they have given their […]
Research
UBC History’s faculty and students ask profound questions of more than a thousand years of our collective, infinitely diverse past. We research global migration, media technologies, the history of emotions, the diffusion of religious cultures, the many forms of colonialism. We study histories of legal systems, urban planning, global health, sexual identities, and parenting. Our […]