The education system in Sweden is divided into three cycles:

• First cycle (undergraduate/Bachelor's)
  Undergraduate degrees (first cycle):
  Bachelor's Degree: 180 ECTS
• Second cycle (postgraduate/Master's)
  Postgraduate degrees (second cycle):
  Master's Degree (1 year): 60 ECTS
  Master's Degree (2 years): 120 ECTS
• Third cycle (postgraduate/doctoral - PhD)
  Professional degrees (third cycle):
  Licentiate Degree: 120 ECTS
  Doctoral/PhD Degree: 240 ECTS

History can be a major in all of the above mentioned degrees.

With a Bachelor’s degree in history, you meet the requirements to study history in the second cycle towards a one- or two-year Master’s degree. The Department of History has an extensive offering of separate courses, a Bachelor’s programme at the undergraduate level, a Master’s programme in historical studies at the graduate level and a doctoral education. These programmes are not conducted in English.

A degree is not always achieved via a degree programme. By choosing freestanding courses, you can ‘design your own degree’. You will need 90 hp / ECTS in main field of study in progression – introduction course (1st term of studies), continuing course (2nd term of studies), and the bachelor’s course (3rd term of studies) – combined with 90 credits in other subjects.

Contact the Academic advisor for more information:

• Academic advisor

For more information on degrees and academic credits, follow the links below:

• Degrees and academic credits (LU)

• Degree certificate (LU)