Bachelor in Licence - Histoire

The Licence - Histoire (History) at the Université de Perpignan Via Domitia in Perpignan, France is a three-year bachelor's-level programme delivered in French. History as an academic discipline trains students to analyse the past through primary and secondary sources, situate events within their broader social, economic, political, and cultural contexts, and construct evidence-based interpretations that go beyond simple chronological accounts. At Licence level, programmes typically span ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern history, with attention to both French national history and broader European and global processes. Students also study historiography — the history of how history has been written and debated — and develop research methods including archival work, source criticism, comparative analysis, and academic writing. Perpignan's location, at the crossroads of French and Iberian histories and with a strong Catalan cultural heritage dating back to the medieval Crown of Aragon, makes it a particularly rich environment for studying Mediterranean and cross-border historical dynamics. Graduates enter careers in secondary and higher education, heritage and museum management, archival services, documentary journalism, and cultural policy, or pursue master's programmes in history, heritage studies, or related fields. The programme starts in September, lasts 3 years, and yearly tuition is 178 EUR. Strong archival collections and cultural institutions in the Pyrénées-Orientales region provide students with concrete fieldwork opportunities in local history and heritage.