9 Part-time PhD programmes in Modern History

This Art, Cultural and Intellectual History degree from School of Advanced Study, University of London can be completed part-time in up to six years, there's no need to put your life on hold.

Pursue original research, supervised by leading historians with expertise in a broad chronological, geographical and thematic range, spanning the medieval to the modern period across the globe on the History and Welsh History programme from Cardiff University.

The History Research programme offered by King's College London supports advanced study of societies, cultures, ideas, and historical change from late antiquity to the present day.

The Politics and Contemporary History programme offered by King's College London examines political institutions, policymaking, governance, and historical developments shaping Britain in the modern era.

Contemporary History at the University of Sussex combines a long tradition in a field of scholarship pioneered at Sussex with a commitment to fostering new and emerging fields of inquiry. 

The Cornish Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter staff in the History department research political, economic, social, cultural, religious, medical, maritime, military, humanitarian, environmental and international history. We range in time from the early medieval period to the late 20th century.

The postgraduate research students of the History (Postgraduate Research) programme offered by the University of Wolverhampton are afforded the opportunity to develop their research skills through participation in training events organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences and the University’s Doctoral College.

We have a wide range of expertise on conflict, war and politics in the 20th century, supported by the Centre for War and Peace in the 20th Century at The Open University UK.

For the PhD in Art History and Theory at University of Essex  of offer supervision across a range of fields and have a long tradition of postgraduate training in all the major areas of European art and architecture from 1300 to the present, and in the art and architecture of Latin America and the United States.