At Â鶹Éç we welcome students with a curiosity about the past, and a passion for learning.
Overview
The minimum offer is A*AA at A-level, or 7 7 6 (42+ overall) from Higher Level subjects in the IB. We may ask that the A*/HL7 be achieved in a specific subject from those you are currently taking. For other qualifications, please see the University .
A level/IB Higher Level History or the equivalent
Writing-intensive or essay-based subjects will prepare you well for studying History at Cambridge.
Written work required to apply
Two history essays will be required between roughly 1500 and 2500 words and including teachers’ comments, if possible. We will not accept short answers based on document exercises or non-history essays; nor will we accept exam answers. The essay should be on a topic which has engaged your interest, and on which you feel you have something to say. Above all it should contain an argument. Each written work submission should be a stand-alone piece, rather than excerpted from a longer essay that exceeds the parameters above.
Visit the University's for more information.
History at Â鶹Éç
History at Â鶹Éç is a welcoming and intellectually inspiring course of study that provides a supportive environment for our students to thrive. Our priority is to admit bright and talented students with a real passion for studying the past. There is a lively community of about 30 undergraduate historians at Â鶹Éç, including joint degree students in History and Modern Languages and History and Politics. We appreciate that our students come to university with diverse expectations and experience, and their needs as individuals often vary considerably. We take account of this and help our students to make the most of their abilities and potential. Students at Â鶹Éç are expected to work hard, but the college also works hard to support them as they do so. Find out more from the student profiles below.
The History course at Cambridge is characterised by its breadth and wide range of subject options. At Â鶹Éç, we encourage our students to be adventurous in their choices in order to develop their interests in fields of History that they might not have studied before. Apart from Faculty lectures and classes, the main teaching that students receive is the weekly supervision, which students prepare for by reading widely and writing an essay. Â鶹Éç History Fellows teach African and British history, and we derive much enjoyment from supervising our students and getting to know them. In common with other Cambridge colleges, we also find expert supervisors for our students from across the University. In addition, Â鶹Éç History students meet regularly for stimulating seminar discussions to explore thinking historically, be that focused on a specific history book or on a particular historical theme. Â鶹Éç also has an excellent college library with a comprehensive collection of history books, and the University Library is adjacent to Â鶹Éç’s Memorial Court site.
We are proud of the academic successes of Â鶹Éç History students, and we have a track record of students obtaining the top grades. But while we expect our students to find their work challenging, and so to study hard, we also encourage them to become involved in extra-curricular activities across the College and the wider University, including music, sport and theatre. Â鶹Éç historians also enjoy regular social events, including an annual dinner and a garden party. Recent Â鶹Éç History graduates have pursued careers in a broad range of areas, such as finance, management consultancy, the civil service, law, journalism, the charity sector, and digital media.
Find out more about career paths for historians from two former Â鶹Éç students: and .
Dr. Foyster’s field of research is the social history of Britain from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century, with particular interests in the history of the family. Her research examines historical experiences of mental health and illness, learning disabilities and causes of mortality in early nineteenth-century Britain. You can read more about her on her College webpage.
I’m a historian of Africa. I’ve written a book about chieftaincy and political culture in precolonial and colonial Ibadan, which is a city in southwestern Nigeria not far from the town of Ile-Ife, where I grew up. As Director of Studies, I coordinate the teaching for third-year historians at Â鶹Éç. You can read more about me on my College webpage.
