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LSE V UCL History degree

Is there anything between them? LSE for employability and UCL for being more traditional, I think. What do u all think?

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Reply 1

Xanthe

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The first thing you will want to bear in mind is that the LSE History course is International History, so you won't be studying much domestic British History. It was ranked third by The Times this year.

Reply 2

jeffreyweingard

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Xanthe

The first thing you will want to bear in mind is that the LSE History course is International History, so you won't be studying much domestic British History. It was ranked third by The Times this year.

Also the UCAS code for history at LSE is not the normal V100.

Reply 3

Johan C

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Both are great, but I believe LSE is better for History at least.

Reply 4

pharmakos

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Nonsense! LSE is better than UCL in international history; other than that, UCL is better, especially if you want to receive a both traditional and rigorous education of history as a humanities course.

Reply 5

Xanthe

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Agreed with pharmakos. If you want to do International History then go to the LSE, but if you want a traditional approach then go to UCL. They both have excellent departments.

Reply 6

Helzerel

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I concur with Xanthe! :smile:

I don't know if LSE does this as well but for UCL History degree you can take upto 25% of it each year in a completely seperate discipline e.g. Economics; English; a foreign Language; Law etc. etc. thus giving a much greater variety than in most universities.

Reply 7

Bismarck

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Helzerel

I concur with Xanthe! :smile:

I don't know if LSE does this as well but for UCL History degree you can take upto 25% of it each year in a completely seperate discipline e.g. Economics; English; a foreign Language; Law etc. etc. thus giving a much greater variety than in most universities.

In LSE, you're allowed one outside option per year in just about every program.

Reply 8

Xanthe

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Helzerel

you can take upto 25% of it each year in a completely seperate discipline e.g. Economics; English; a foreign Language; Law etc. etc. thus giving a much greater variety than in most universities.

Yes, they do that at the LSE. You can take 'outside' modules in other departments where regulations and timetabling permit.

Reply 9

legendrower

OP

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So they are both as good as each other all round but each has specific qualities (LSE intnl focus, UCL more traditional).....This about right do you think?

LSE V UCL History degree

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