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CAREER PROSPECTS

A master's degree in history typically covers a specific historical era, archival studies or museum studies. Receiving a master's degree in history prepares graduates for careers in academia, usually in a museum or archival setting. Master's degrees in history often specialize in a specific time and/or place in history. This specialization usually dictates the nature of the work, such as a curator for a specific portion of a museum collection. Students with a master's degree in history have many occupations available to them, including working as an archivist, curator or historian. These careers typically deal with organizing and collecting historical research for purposes including providing historical data for commercial or educational use. History is generally viewed as a non-vocational subject, nevertheless history graduates are employed in various fields. This proves that history graduates possessing a valuable combination of skills can find ample job opportunities. . Other fields where history graduates can find job opportunities are:

Jobs directly related to your degree include:

  • Further education teacher
  • Higher education lecturer
  • Secondary school teacher
  • Lecturer in university
  • Historian
  • Archeologist

Jobs where your degree would be useful include:

  • Research Assistant
  • Librarian
  • Managers
  • Business Analyst
  • Archivist
  • job in Museum
  • Records Manager
  • Teacher
  • Information Manager
  • Historian
  • Documentation Specialist

SCOPE OF HISTORY

A master’s title in History make you an attractive employment prospect because you have broad-based knowledge and have developed an analytical way of reading and writing. Among other areas you could work for government institutions, business or international institutions. Many historians do not enter the business world but go into politics or journalism. In addition, after a further specialized year of master’s courses, you could find a position in teaching or research. With a master’s title in History you can embark on PhD research at a university or research institute. If you aim at an academic career you could also consider the two-year research master’s degree course in History. This master’s degree course trains you specifically as a (university) researcher.


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