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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Students in a history program are encouraged to speak with the History advisor if they have questions or concerns about their degree and course requirements. History Advising Students who wish to major in history must see the history advisor. Before meeting with the advisor, please fill out the advising form and bring a copy of […]

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 […]

Ranking as one of the top history departments in the world, the Department of History at UBC is a vibrant centre for scholarship. Our professors are dedicated teachers and award-winning researchers who cover a wide range of themes and regions of the world. The History Department offers both major and minor degree programs for undergraduate […]

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 […]

UBC’s Department of History offers two graduate degree programs: a Master of Arts (MA) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Working closely with faculty supervisors, our graduate students engage with cutting-edge scholarship and produce their own path-breaking research.