Feed your curiosity about history and deepen your understanding of key ideas, with opportunities to explore heritage and go on life-shaping placements.
Our expertise spans British, Welsh, European, Asian and North American histories. You’ll also have the chance to take your work into public settings and explore co‑production with local communities, showing how history shapes and supports the wider world.
Placement opportunities
Gain professional experience in the heritage sector as part of our master’s degree.
Leave no stone unturned
We explore subjects from the medieval to the modern world, from sexuality in the Middle Ages to Cold War Europe, and the history of slavery in North America.
Top 20 in the UK
We're ranked 17th for the significance, rigour and originality of our research (Research Excellence Framework 2014).
Pursue original research, supervised by leading historians with expertise in a broad chronological, geographical and thematic range, spanning the medieval to the modern period across the globe.
More about us
What's history with us all about?
Our academics share their insight into history, our welcoming community, and the opportunities waiting for you here.
Our engagement projects build strong links with communities, the heritage sector and local schools. The CAER Heritage Project, recognised nationally for its impact, has brought the prehistoric story of Cardiff, and the communities of Caerau and Ely, to public attention.
Our History master's gives you the chance to create a public engagement project with real‑world impact, or to pursue your own research through a traditional dissertation.
Make your own contribution to new knowledge within our internationally-recognised research community. We offer flexible PhD/MPhil pathways in history, with a range of research themes to explore - from modern to ancient history.
Centrally located
Study in the heart of our leafy city centre campus at the John Percival Building, with easy access to the University’s magnificent Special Collections and Archives in the adjacent Arts and Social Sciences Library.
International postgraduates are guaranteed a single occupancy room in accommodation for the standard academic year, providing certain deadlines are met.
Our hands-on degrees give you the skills, confidence and real-world experience to step into the heritage sector. We'll support in shaping a career that reaches far beyond it.
