School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies

Career opportunities: History

Employers value history graduates because they know that they bring a wide range of highly developed and useful skills to the job. History graduates from Portsmouth will have skills that are easily transferable to the workplace such as the ability to analyse and manage large quantities of information, research in groups or independently, and write in a concise and informative fashion. They will also leave with excellent communications skills, qualities that are essential for the modern graduate. 

Recent history graduates from Portsmouth have gone on to pursue a range of graduate careers such as journalism, law, teaching, university administration, archive and museum work.

The history degree at Portsmouth also offers a firm foundation for those who want to study history at Master's or PhD level.