MA Contemporary History: University of Sussex

About the programme

This MA aims to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and conceptual, intellectual and subject-specific skills to analyse problems of importance in the contemporary world historically, ie in their long-run context as distinct from the necessarily shorter focus of the contemporary social sciences. There is a strong emphasis upon the comparative study of different countries or regions.

A highly distinctive feature of this programme is the training it offers in making video documentaries relating to the recent past: in the spring term all students are offered the option of taking the course Video Documentary in Contemporary History. Former students have produced films of outstanding quality and have gained external acclaim for their work.

Admission requirments

UK entrance requirements

A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree in history or another humanities or social science subject.

Overseas entrance requirements

Sussex receives applications from all over the world and is therefore very experienced in assessing the qualifications offered by students from outside the UK.

For information on some of the most common international qualifications that meet their general entry requirements, please refer to the table in their International students section.

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.5 in Writing and 6.0 in the other sections. Internet TOEFL with 90 overall including 24 in Speaking and 25 in Writing. For more information, refer to English language requirements.