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Politics and History

  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 21 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Main Site (Newcastle)
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Course summary

Our three-year joint honours degree focuses on developing your skills and abilities to critically analyse historical and political topics. You'll graduate as a confident independent learner with specialist knowledge in your own areas of interest.

Follow your own path, choosing to study modules which are closely related, or cast your net wide, studying topics that span six continents.

Study in a research-led environment, alongside scholars at the forefront of their fields.

Improve your research skills, completing a range of research projects during your degree.

In history, you'll explore themes including:
revolution
slavery
radicalism
medical history
religion
public engagement with the past

...across a variety of periods, geographies and cultures. In politics, you'll look at global politics, political philosophy and international relations.

This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site (Newcastle)

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
VL12
Institution code:
N21
Campus name:
Main Site (Newcastle)
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
VL12
Institution code:
N21
Campus name:
Main Site (Newcastle)
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

A level
AAB

including History. General Studies accepted.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

BTECs considered alongside History A Level.

Access to HE Diploma
D: 30 credits M: 15 credits

Subjects should include History or a history related subject, and/or politics.

Scottish Higher
AAABB

Including History. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted. Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
34 points

Including Higher Level History Grade 6

Extended Project

If you offer the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification in a topic relevant to the degree programme, we will vary our offer to recognise this.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1, H1, H2, H2, H3

at Higher Level including History.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3, D3, M2

Including History

English language requirements

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/language/#overviewhttps://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/language/#overview

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

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