Oxford
History and Politics
BA/BSc/MA
Typical offer rate
8–18%
highly competitive entry
Typical entry
A*AA
Grad employment
90%
15 months after
In professional roles
70%
Median grad salary
£36,000
15 months after
Oxford's History and Politics is a degree that combines rigorous study of the historical record with the analytical methods of political science, allowing students to examine political institutions, ideologies and events through both empirical and theoretical lenses. History provides the evidence of long-run political change; politics contributes the frameworks for understanding how power operates in the present. Offers are made around A*AA at A-level.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to History and Politics at Oxford has a 8–18% chance of an offer, highly competitive by UK standards. Most offers are made around A*AA at A-level. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesEntry requirements
- Typical A-level grades: A*AA
- UCAS tariff: 152–152 points
About Oxford
Oxford teaches through its colleges as well as its faculties, with tutorials of one or two students at the centre of the system, and takes only a small field at the very top of the grade range.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Oxford · History and Politics
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.