Saint Mary's University offers MA/MS in History, a master's degree in History programme in Halifax, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,751 per year (CAD 7,564 per year for local students).
The Master of Arts in History at Saint Mary's University is a one-year graduate program that accommodates both full-time and part-time students within a small, collaborative department. Research strengths in the department include public, community, and applied history, migration and settlement history, and the history of culture and memory, with particular depth in Atlantic Canada and Quebec, East Asia, the Americas, and Britain and Europe from the sixteenth through the twentieth century. Available information does not specify whether the degree centres on a thesis, coursework, or a combination of the two, though it notes that students can gain teaching assistant experience during their studies. Faculty are described as devoting significant time to developing each student's research skills within a close, small-cohort setting, and generous fellowship support is described as available to qualified candidates. The program suits applicants holding an honours bachelor's degree in history or an equivalent qualification who are looking for a flexible, personally supervised path to graduate study, whether pursuing the degree full-time or fitting it around other commitments. Its regional and thematic strengths make it a particular fit for students interested in Atlantic Canadian, Quebec, or transatlantic historical research.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an honours bachelor's degree in History or its equivalent; the programme has a one-year minimum completion time with a September start. International applicants must apply by March 15, and Canadian and permanent-resident applicants by March 15 if seeking funding or May 15 if self-funded. The page does not publish a minimum GPA. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Saint Mary's general graduate-studies English thresholds: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 83 with no band below 20 (or 550 paper-based), Duolingo English Test 125 with no sub-score below 105, or Pearson PTE Academic 60 with no sub-score below 50. No further admission condition, such as a portfolio or interview, is stated on the page.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Saint Mary's University applies directly, not through a provincial service. For the currently posted cycle, Winter Term 2027 domestic applications close 1 December 2026 and international applications for the same term close 15 October 2026; Entrance Award and Admissions Scholarship consideration requires applying by 15 February 2027. Applications for the following 2027-2028 academic year (Fall 2027 and Winter 2028) opened 1 October 2026, but SMU has not yet published a Fall 2027 closing date for either domestic or international applicants -- the prior cycle's Fall Term domestic deadline was 1 August 2026. Admission is not described as rolling; each term carries a fixed posted deadline, released roughly a year ahead of the term. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
