With internationally renowned teaching staff, and surrounded by national cultural institutions, ANU is a historian’s dream. Studying history at ANU students can draw upon the prize-winning teaching and research in Australian, North American, ancient, early modern and modern European, and British history, and the expertise of our leading centres for Indigenous history, environmental history, and biography.

The resources of the National Library of Australia, the National Archives of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, and the National Gallery of Australia are also all at their fingertips. The Master of History provides the theoretical grounding and practical skills they need for the advanced study of history, plus the opportunity to tailor a program according to their interests. If students are a secondary school teacher, they are able to focus on areas in the national curriculum for history