Teaching experience. Internships. UToledo graduate history students have a distinct advantage over their peers entering the job market, thanks to the hands-on teaching and internship experiences we offer.
The University of Toledo master’s and doctoral programs in history are committed to the values of a liberal arts education:
Faculty mentors. UToledo master's and Ph.D. students work closely with faculty in a collegial setting that places a high priority on individual studies, archival research and teaching experience. Our program’s small size allows the faculty to work one-on-one with graduate students and mentor them from their first day in the program through graduation.
Invaluable teaching experience. We provide our graduate students with a wide variety of teaching experiences before they enter the job market.
Public history internships. UToledo’s Department of History has connections with a wide variety of local museum, historical societies and other public history sites. Qualified M.A. students are eligible for internships at such places as:
Financial support. Research assistantships are available to qualified master’s and doctoral students. UToledo’s Department of History also offers several scholarships specifically for graduate history students.
Graduates from UToledo’s history M.A. and Ph.D. programs have gone on to successful careers in academia and at museums and other public history sites. Our master’s graduates have been accepted into doctoral programs at Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Houston.
A sample of recent alumni job placements includes:
History Graduate Program Sample Classes
UToledo’s graduate faculty in history have expertise in a wide variety of areas, including:
Master’s and Ph.D. history students have significant research opportunities. They can serve as research assistants to mentoring faculty and have access to the rich, historical collections in the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections archive on campus.
UToledo’s Department of History offers funded opportunities to present research at conferences. We also host the regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference each year. Students can present their research in a professional, conference setting alongside graduate students from other, regional universities.
