• 2nd in the latest Research Assessment Exercise
• 5th in the 2011 The Times/Independent Complete University Guide and 8th in the 2011 Guardian University Guide
• 1st in the 2011 The Times/Independent Complete University Guide and the 2011 Guardian University Guide for the Department's School of Comparative American Studies
• Awarded £1.9m of new research grants and contracts in 2009/10
• 37 permanent academic staff, who research the histories of Africa, the Americas, Britain, China, Continental Europe, and South Asia
• Over 600 undergraduate students and over 100 postgraduate students
• Strong postdoctoral research, including in recent years 3 Leverhulme Early Career Fellows, 1 Marie Curie Research Scholar, 1 Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, 1 British Academy Research Fellow, 2 SSHRCC Research Fellows, 1 CARA Research Mobility Fellow, and 7 grant-funded research assistants
• The Department hosts three research centres: the Centre for the History of Medicine, the Global History and Culture Centre, and the Eighteenth Century Centre

Featured News and Announcements

• All final-year undergraduate students are encouraged to complete
  
  by 30th April 2012
• Prospective undergraduate students considering applying for a 2012/13 entry are invited to read about the Department's courses and to view our virtual open day