Department of History
- 2nd in the latest Research Assessment Exercise, 6th in the 2014 Complete University Guide for History, 1st in the 2014 Complete University Guide for the Department's School of Comparative American Studies, and 16th in the QS World Rankings by Subject
- 36 full-time academic staff who research the histories of Africa, the Americas, Britain, China, Continental Europe, and South Asia
- Awarded £5.9m of new research grants and contracts in the past five years, and host to three research centres and a research forum: the Centre for the History of Medicine, the Global History and Culture Centre, the Eighteenth Century Centre, and the Early Modern Forum
- Over 600 undergraduate students, and over 50 visiting international students, on a variety of single and joint honours degree courses including the renowned Venice Programme
- Over 100 postgraduate students engaged in taught MA courses, MA by Research, and MPhil/PhD programmes
- Strong postdoctoral community, including in recent years 3 Leverhulme Early Career Fellows, 1 Marie Curie Research Scholar, 2 Wellcome Trust Research Fellows, 1 British Academy Research Fellow, 2 SSHRCC Research Fellows, 1 CARA Research Mobility Fellow, 7 grant-funded Research Assistants, and 10 Teaching Fellows
