The V&A/RCA MA History of Design draws on the exceptional resources and national and international networks of two world-leading centres of excellence for scholarship and creativity, the RCA and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). With a base at the RCA and dedicated programme rooms and library at the V&A, since its foundation in 1983, this pioneering programme has earned a worldwide reputation as the leading MA programme in the field. Our research-led teaching and experiential methods inspire and train future leaders in the field.

SOAS’s MA History and Intensive Language programme is one of the few UK Master-level degrees in History which focuses on the histories of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. With its high concentration of expertise of these regions, the programme offers an unrivalled breadth of courses on these regions’ respective as well as interconnected histories. It can also be taken with an intensive language pathway over two years, therefore making this programme unique in Europe.

Our MA in Politics & Contemporary History offers advanced study of British government and politics through historical methods. Develop research, analytical, and writing skills for careers in policy, academia, or journalism. Gain expertise in contemporary political history and independent analysis.

The World History & Cultures MA offers a deep dive into global interactions and transnational histories across continents. You can study topics like empires or focus on specific regions. With optional modules from King's and London partner institutions, the course offers flexibility and expert training in historical research.

SOAS’s MA History programme is one of the very few Master-level programmes in History in the UK, which focuses study of the discipline through Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. With its high concentration of expertise in these regions, the programme offers an unrivalled breadth of courses on these regions’ respective as well as interconnected histories.

Our Government Studies MA is the only course of its kind to focus on British Government that goes beyond the theory to apply an in-depth perspective on the personalities, policies and process involved in running the British state. You'll delve into real-life case studies and hear from the people who work within government, becoming familiar with the decision-making process in the turbulent 20th and 21st centuries.

Our European Studies MA course will give you a detailed understanding of the politics, history, economy and societies of Europe. As a full-time student, you may also take either a French or German pathway, which offers you the opportunity to complete a master’s degree within a year while taking modules abroad. Places on these pathways have separate capacity restrictions.

The Ancient History MA offers an advanced study of Greek, Roman, and Near-Eastern history. With one required module on historical analysis techniques, you’ll have the flexibility to choose from a variety of optional modules and complete a dissertation on a topic of your choice. This University of London intercollegiate course combines expertise from King’s, UCL, Royal Holloway, and the Institute of Classical Studies, giving you access to top-tier academics and a wide range of modules.

Religious traditions and movements play a strong role in shaping contemporary societies and are shaped, in turn, by them. The Global Religion and Society MA invites you to explore how religion, society, politics, and culture interact with each other in diverse settings around the world.

This Classics and the Ancient World MA focuses on the literature, language, and culture of the ancient world and their later reception. In this degree, you can explore classical texts and thought in their ancient context to think about how the classical world has been reflected in later periods and consider how the ancient world has shaped the modern.

Our MA in Contemporary British History course will provide you with training in and experience in the historical analysis of issues that are central to understanding contemporary Britain. While we focus on the study of British history over the past century, we also recognise that you can’t understand British history without reference to other countries and regions, in particular the Empire/Commonwealth, Europe and North America.

Our Early Modern History MA bridges the division between British and European history that exists on many courses, focusing on ways in which cultural, political and social themes stretch across the period c.1500 - 1800. The course is taught by experts in the histories of the Reformation and the Enlightenment, gender, the material world of the Renaissance, race and racism, and Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and the Iberian world.

King’s contains one of the largest concentrations of medievalists in the UK, bringing together scholars in medieval history, languages, literature and culture, with expertise across Europe and Asia. Our MA in Medieval Studies not only offers specialist training in crucial research skills—in particular, medieval Latin and palaeography—but also is outward-looking, exploring and critiquing the place of medieval history and perceptions of the medieval past in the world today.