Thinking About Grad School in History?   Computer Glitch Extends UVic Deadlines. 

Owing to a hiccup in the new online application process, the History Department at the University of Victoria has extended is application deadline for the Master’s Program for Fall 2013 entry until February 28, 2013. 

UVic's History Department is described by external reviewers as one of the best in the country and the university has consistently ranked in the top two Canadian comprehensive universities for the past six years (MacLean’s). UVic is the top-ranked Canadian university (without a medical school) in the Times Higher Education’s 2011 World University Rankings. 

The department offers both a one-year course work and a two-year thesis MA option.  The department includes 33 historians, with national and international reputations.   We are particularly strong in a range of subjects in Canadian history and in early modern and modern Britain and Europe, and also have considerable strength in American, World and Asian history.  The department also offers particular expertise in Indigenous, military, digital and public history.  Among the course options available are three field schools (Ethnohistory with the Stó:lõ; the Holocaust Field School; The Colonial Legacies Field School: South Africa to the 21st Century); other options include Co-op (which alternates school and work terms) and a congruent Diploma in Cultural Heritage Studies for those interested in museum or heritage work.   Applicants who apply by February 28th will automatically be considered for scholarships and other financial assistance (the online application states the deadline for funding consideration is Feb 15^th, but we have extended it to Feb 28^th).   Applications received after February 28th will be considered for admission but not funding.  For more information visit http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/history/graduate/index.php or contact Dr. John Lutz, Graduate Director, jlutz@uvic.ca.