BA History / Overview

Year of entry: 2026

Degree awarded
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration
3 years
Typical A-level offer
AAA, including History.
Typical contextual A-level offer
ABB, including A in History.
Find out more about contextual admissions.
Refugee/care-experienced offer

ABC including A in History.

Practical skills are a crucial part of science education and therefore will be a requirement to pass the practical element of any science A Level taken.

Applicants taking A Levels are normally expected to offer three full A Levels. If you’re taking more than three A Levels, these won’t be included in your offer. We will only make offers consisting of three A Levels.

Find out more about contextual admissions.
Typical International Baccalaureate offer

36 points overall. 6,6,6 in Higher Level subjects including History

Applicants studying the International Baccalaureate Career Related Programme (IBCP) should contact the admissions team prior to applying so that their academic profile can be considered.

Full entry requirements

How to apply
Apply through UCAS

Course overview

  • Delve into a wide range of historical periods from ancient times to the late 20th century, as well as national and global histories.
  • Join our thriving History Society and contribute to our successful newspaper, The Manchester Historian.
  • Learn from passionate and committed staff who are at the forefront of their subjects.
  • Gain exclusive access to the internationally significant holdings of institutions such as the Manchester Museum and John Rylands Library.
  • Ranked a UK top-10 for History (QS World University Rankings 2026).
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Fees

Tuition fees for home students will be £9,790 for the 2026/27 academic year (subject to Parliamentary approval). In England and Wales, tuition fees for home undergraduate students are subject to the Government fee cap, which the Government has announced will be £9,790 for the 2026/27 academic year and £10,050 for the 2027/28 academic year (subject to Parliamentary approval).

The Government has also announced that the fee cap will then increase on an annual basis to reflect inflation (i.e. increasing costs), and the tuition fee home students pay in subsequent academic years will reflect any increases in the Government fee cap (which we will communicate to you as soon as we can in advance of the relevant academic year).

Tuition fees for international students will be £27,800 for the 2026/27 academic year. For subsequent academic years, the University reserves the right to increase the tuition fee by up to 7% each year including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our education and wider student experience.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

We know that student finance can be complicated. The links below provide further information to help guide you.

Learn more about student finance options for UK students .

Learn more about f ees and finance for international students .

As an international student you may be eligible for our Global Futures Scholarships . This is open to students starting their studies in September 2026.

Contact details

School/Faculty
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Telephone
+44 0161 509 2871
Email
Website
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/history/
School/Faculty overview

See: About us

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