Welcome

The UCLA Department of History is a community of scholars who seek to understand the past and strive to introduce students to the process of historical thinking.  It is one of the most highly acclaimed History departments in the nation, with a faculty internationally renowned as teachers and scholars.  It is also the largest History department in the United States, with over 70 permanent faculty members, 1,500 undergraduate majors and almost 200 graduate students in residence.  With course offerings and graduate training that cover much of the globe, from the ancient world to the present, the department offers the foundation of a broad-based education for an informed citizenry.