History

Degrees offered

Application deadline

February 15 for Fall admission

Why History at Memorial?

Memorial offers unique opportunities for the study of history. As the home of the Maritime History Archive, the Folklore and Language Archive, the Centre of Newfoundland Studies, and several other research collections, the St John's campus supports innovative and interdisciplinary research. Our faculty are engaged in research in a wide range of topics in fields such as environmental history, social history, cultural history, military history, and many others, and supervise graduate studies covering periods from the ancient world to the twenty-first century, and regions across the globe.

Funding

Memorial University offers competitive funding packages to eligible Canadian and International graduate students. Below is an approximate value of funding packages recently offered to graduate students in History. For more information, refer to Fees and Funding.

MA: $8,500

PhD: $12,000

Tuition

We are proud to offer some of the lowest graduate tuition rates in Canada. The following are general program fees for graduate programs in History. For more information on special fees, continuance fees, and related charges, refer to Graduate Tuition and Cost of Living.

Program	Program fee per semester		# of semesters
Program	Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents	International Students	# of semesters
Master’s program
Plan A	$733	$953	6
Plan B	$486	$632	9
Plan C	$1,010	$1,312	3
PhD	$683	$887	12

Duration (for full-time students)

Master’s: 1 year | PhD: 4 years

Find a supervisor that meets your research needs

Visit the Department of History website for areas of research, or search Yaffle to find a supervisor you may wish to work with (for research programs).

Description of programs

Studies at the MA level are available in Canadian and Maritime history, the history of Newfoundland and Labrador, and in the history of the North Atlantic, the United States, Britain, Germany and France.

Minimum admission requirements

For MA: Bachelor's degree (second class) in an appropriate area of study
For PhD: Master's degree in an appropriate area of study

Important Note: The information provided on this website is subject to change. The University Calendar is the final authority on university regulations.