[Minerva]

See also: Wiki History Degree.

NOTES:

• This information was collated from the UCAS site in June/July 2008. University department websites were not checked.
• Where universities offer both V100 and V101, the requirements for V100 are quoted.
• Where tariff scores are given, two full A levels at least are required, and sometimes more.
• Always check the university department websites for up-to-date information; changes do sometimes occur.

Names shown in bold italics: History Required
Names shown in italics: History Preferred or Recommended

List by Grade Requirements

AAA
Cambridge
Durham
KCL (plus B at AS)
Leeds
Oxford
UCL (plus E at AS)
York

AAA-AAB
Bristol
Exeter
Manchester

AAB
Cardiff
Liverpool
London School of Economics
Newcastle (must have AS History)
Nottingham
Royal Holloway
Sheffield (or ABaa)
Southampton
St Andrews
Warwick (plus C at AS)


AAB-BBB
University of East Anglia
Exeter (Cornwall)
Sussex

ABB
Birmingham
Glasgow
Lancaster
Leicester
SOAS

BBB
Dundee
Edinburgh
Goldsmiths


BCC
Stirling
Westminster

CCC
Aberdeen

CCD-CDD
Derby

CD
Bishop Grosseteste (NB: V100 = Heritage Studies)

List by Minimum Points required (normally to include at least 2 A2s)

320
Kent
Queen Mary, London

300
Dundee
Essex
Hull
Reading

280
Aberystwyth
Huddersfield
Northumbria

260
Brunel
Chester
Hertfordshire
Manchester Metropolitan
Richmond (American University in London)
UWE

240
Gloucester
Nottingham Trent
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Roehampton
Sheffield Hallam
Swansea
Winchester

220
Bangor
Bath Spa
Chichester
University of Central Lancashire
De Montfort
Edge Hill
Kingston
Lincoln

200
Bolton
Canterbury CC
Cumbria
Glamorgan, Cardiff and Pontypridd
Lampeter
London Metropolitan
University of Wales, Newport
NE Wales Institute
Northampton
Worcester
York St John

180
Greenwich
Leeds Metropolitan
Teesside

160
East London
Leeds Trinity
Liverpool JMU
Newman University College
Sunderland
Wolverhampton

140
Bishop Grosseteste (NB: V100 = Heritage Studies)

If you find any updates/errors, please post in this thread and I'll amend the list.

[Minerva]

Post 2!

Universities that exclude General Studies:

Bath Spa
Bristol
Cambridge
Cardiff (also Critical Thinking)
Durham
Edinburgh
Exeter
Exeter (Cornwall)
Goldsmiths (if only 2 A2s offered)
KCL (also Critical Thinking)
Kingston (if only 2 A2s offered)
Manchester
Northumbria
Nottingham
Oxford
Queen Mary, London
Reading
Royal Holloway
St Andrews
Swansea
UCL (also Critical Thinking)
Warwick (also Critical Thinking at A2)
York

[Minerva]

Post 3!

Useful information gleaned from people's experience in previous years:

LSE: look hard at GCSE grades, can take a veeerrry long time to respond, generally looking for AAA predictions
Durham: for V100, need around 7 A*s at GCSE, including History
Edinburgh: may also take a very long time to respond; predictions generally need to exceed BBB unless local or no family history of university education
KCL: tend to insist on their B at AS level
Oxbridge: GCSEs generally less important than people suppose; check out the Oxbridge forum on TSR
Warwick: are looking for evidence of ability in languages for V100 as a language module is a compulsory part of the course

For all unis: your PS is really important; see the Wiki Guide and post in the PS Help Forum if you would like yours checked over. Only you and the PS Helpers will be able to see it.

Also, if you have exceptional circumstances you should check with the unis concerned as they may be willing to consider you even if you don't fulfil the standard requirements.

[Stefxx]

Very helpful especially that last post! Anyone know of any useful info for applying to Bristol?

[Minerva]

Originally Posted by Stefxx

Very helpful especially that last post! Anyone know of any useful info for applying to Bristol?

Bristol does publish explicit criteria for assessing applications - if you go to the department website you'll find your way... eventually.... to this. To give Bristol their due, they got such a lot of stick a few years ago for allegedly discriminating against private schools that they got all their departments to write out exactly what their criteria are.

[Wez]

Also, Durham want an A* at GCSE History.

[fake plastic love]

Leeds does require an A in A-Level History now: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/prosp...w_to_apply.htm

[Minerva]

Originally Posted by fake plastic love

Leeds does require an A in A-Level History now: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/prosp...w_to_apply.htm

Interesting, as they haven't updated the UCAS entry! A good example of why you should always check both UCAS and uni sites.

List above amended - thanks for the alert!

[d123]

For the AAA unis, would you need your fourth AS to be an A as well or would a lower grade be accepted? I'm guessing its going to depend on which uni it is, I assume most of them would ask for AAAa though

[Minerva]

The ones that currently specify the grade they expect from the fourth AS are shown in the list (but remember that things change, so check uni websites for the ones you are interested in). Where a grade isn't specified, theoretically E - or rather, e! - will be enough but I wouldn't want to assume that at the higher ranked unis.

[d123]

Ok, thanks

[JakeCordell]

Very Helpful list, thanks a lot.

Pretty annoying about Durham GCSEs, especially considering the Oxbridge statement about them.

Thanks

[nikegoddess]

Hi Minerva, York has pushed up their typical offer to AAA this year D:

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/hist/und...l#_Toc85109568

[Minerva]

Originally Posted by nikegoddess

Hi Minerva, York has pushed up their typical offer to AAA this year D:

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/hist/und...l#_Toc85109568

List edited accordingly; thanks

[KineticPotato]

Hey

On the Southampton's website they seem to claim that History V100 requires AAB rather than ABB. Just thought I'd point that out and thanks for the list!

http://www.soton.ac.uk/study/undergr...A_History.html

[Minerva]

Originally Posted by KineticPotato

Hey

On the Southampton's website they seem to claim that History V100 requires AAB rather than ABB. Just thought I'd point that out and thanks for the list!

http://www.soton.ac.uk/study/undergr...A_History.html

Thanks - list updated.

Another good example of why I said you need to check the uni websites too - the UCAS listing clearly doesn't always get updated at the same time.

[KineticPotato]

Once again I didn't want to start a new thread but if a uni says AAA/AAB does that mean they are more likely to pick AAA over AAB or vice versa. As I am not certain whether to pick Southampton or Exeter as my 5th choice.

Thanks

[Minerva]

Not necessarily; they probably take into account things like whether the applicant is from a high achieving school, or whether there are some particular features of the application that they really like, and they are therefore keen to attract that person to their uni.

As far as choosing between Exeter and Southampton is concerned, the courses are very different I think so that should be your first thought - as your PS will reflect your interests, it might be that it's more suited to one rather than the other.

[fake plastic love]

Leeds has upped it again! They're asking AAA now. Even I'm shocked lol. We must be getting a hell of a lot of applications.

[Minerva]

Originally Posted by fake plastic love

Leeds has upped it again! They're asking AAA now. Even I'm shocked lol. We must be getting a hell of a lot of applications.

List updated!