12 PhD programmes in History in Scotland, United Kingdom

The University of Dundee offers a range of taught and research-based postgraduate History degrees in British, European and American history from the early modern period to the present which attract full-time and part-time postgraduate students from the UK and overseas.

At University of Glasgow, we have a vibrant student community in the History of Art with many research projects and external collaborations.

Decipher historical manuscripts, study ancient writing systems, and speak and write in medieval languages with this Medieval Studies programme at the University of St Andrews.

It is part of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy and has close interdisciplinary cooperation with Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Computing Sciences and Medicine subjects at the University of Aberdeen. 

The University of Glasgow hosts the only academic unit in the UK exclusively dedicated to the teaching and research of Scottish Literature.

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research offers an outstanding research environment and high quality supervision experience from leading international experts in their fields. We offer a Media and Cultural Policy degree at University of Glasgow.

We offer a phd degree in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. We are internationally recognised for research excellence in modern economic and social history, with exceptional strengths in business and financial history, the history of medicine, and social and gender history.

Study for a PhD in History at the University of Stirling and you’ll be part of a dynamic culture where collaboration is key, international links abound and the desire to make a meaningful contribution to society is always at the forefront of our minds.

History researchers at the University of St Andrews study all periods from late antiquity, through mediaeval and early modern, to late modernity.

The Strathclyde Doctoral School provides a vibrant and comprehensive student-centred research and training environment in order to grow and support current and future research talent. This History PhD is offered at the University of Strathclyde.

Students at the History with Genealogical Studies programme at University of Strathclyde are expected to undertake research that results in a thesis which contributes to the wider literature in the field, thereby making an original contribution to current knowledge.

The History programme at University of Glasgow brings together world-leading expertise in a diverse range of topics.