Durham is ranked highly as a leading British centre for the study of History. Our research expertise and teaching provision extends from the early medieval to recent times, from Britain and Europe, to America, Africa and Australia, and across social, cultural, gender, media, political and economic history.

The Department is ranked highly in national assessments of teaching and research. The latest (2008) UK Research Assessment Exercise judged a large percentage of our research and publications to be of international quality and we are consistently ranked in the top three UK History departments by the Complete University Guide, indicating excellent levels of teaching provision and student satisfaction.

One of the six departments which make up the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and located in the historic heart of Durham, the History Department is close to the World Heritage site of Cathedral and Castle. We have excellent libraries, with archives and book collections of international significance and which provide access to a huge range of online resources, making us a perfect choice for both undergraduate and postgraduate study.