The Faculty of History traces its history back to 1945, when the Department of History and Philology was established within the Brest Teachers' Institute; in 1946, the History Division was created as a separate structural unit of the institute. In 1945 – the early 1990s, the structure of the Brest Pedagogical Institute included the Department of History, the Department of Marxism-Leninism, and the Department of the History of the CPSU. In 1989, the specialty "History" was opened within the Faculty of Philology. In 1991, the Faculty of History was established.

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The total number of full-time students is 251, of which 236 are on a state-funded (budget) form of study and 15 are on a paid (tuition-paying) form. The total number of part-time (correspondence) students is 42.

The faculty has 29 teachers working across 2 departments, of which 23 (85.2%) hold academic degrees and titles, including 3 Doctors of Sciences and 20 Candidates of Sciences. The share of full-time teachers with an academic degree in the faculty's departments is: the Department of History of Belarus and Special Historical Disciplines – 71%, the Department of World History and Political Science – 87%. Among the 23 academics with academic degrees and titles, 2 hold the academic title of Professor and 18 that of Associate Professor. In addition, the faculty's departments employ: 3 senior lecturers, 2 lecturers, 1 trainee lecturer, 2 specialists in educational process support, and 1 secretary of the dean's office.

The research activity of the faculty is aimed at ensuring a high level of quality in education. Every year, more than 3 scientific and research-to-practice conferences of international, national, regional, and university levels are held. The faculty has established and successfully operates 2 scientific-pedagogical schools: for the study of the history, culture, and religion of the Western Belarusian lands (headed by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor A.N.Vabishchevich); and «The Great Patriotic War in the Historical Memory of the Belarusian People» (headed by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V.V.Zdanevich).

Volunteer student teams, created under the leadership of Associate Professor A.A.Bashkov and Senior Lecturer V.Yu.Pilipovich for conducting ethnographic expeditions and archaeological research of a number of sites within the program for the revival and preservation of the historical and cultural heritage of the Brest Region, have played an important role in forming the professional competencies of history specialists. In addition, field-training workshops for students of the "History (Archaeology)" specialty are regularly organized at the most significant sites of historical, cultural, and archaeological heritage in the Brest Region (Ruzhany, Kossovo, Kamenets, the village of Dostoevo, etc.). Such training workshops help students immerse themselves more deeply in their future profession and master the basics of archaeological research in practice. The unique material collected as a result of educational archaeological and ethnographic practicums and volunteer activity has become the basis for creating a museum exposition on archaeology and ethnography.

A variety of methods and forms are used in organizing ideological and educational work at the faculty. Traditional events include, for example, "Days of Culture at the Faculty of History," regular meetings of the discussion club and the film club "Sinematograf," and thematic excursion trips. The implementation of the "Volunteer Activity of Students" program is represented by the work of the faculty's student volunteer teams: "Dabradzey," "New Year Wizards," "Vnuchata," and the archaeological-ethnographic team, which have become the faculty's calling card at the city and regional levels.