Head of the department – Professor, Doctor of historical sciences Salnikova Alla Arkadyevna.

The department realizes the main educational programs  according to the Federal State Standard for the direction of preparation for a Bachelor degree in "History" (030600.62) on profiles: "National history" (full-time and part-time education, the term of training is respectively 4 and 5 years); "Archeology" (full-time education, the term of training is 4 years); "Historical and cultural tourism" (full-time education, the term of training is 4 years); "History of international relations" (full-time education, the term of training is 4 years); Master's program in “History” (030600.68) on profiles: "History of Russia: sociocultural and ethnopolitical research" (full-time education, the term of training is 2 years), "Source studies and methods of historical research" (full-time education, the term of training is 2 years). Postgraduate study in the speciality 07.00.09 – Historiography, Source studies and Methods of historical research.

The main mission of the department – preservation and further development of the historical school of the Kazan University, training scientific researchers in the field of historiography, source studies, archive science and archaeography, and also teachers of history for schools of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan.