The BA in History and Politics at Queen's University Belfast offers comprehensive intellectual training in both disciplines. The programme explores how historical inquiry and political theory combine to illuminate modern political developments and helps students understand the present and anticipate the future by studying and interpreting the past. The course covers a broad curriculum with compulsory and optional modules across history and politics, spanning key historical events and trends, political theory, contemporary political issues, and specialist topics. There is also an opportunity for students to undertake a double-module dissertation on a research topic of their choice. Both History and Politics at Queen's are ranked in the QS World University Rankings top 200 departments for 2025.