This study aims to analyze the historical thinking ability of historical education students in improving historical empathy ability. The research method used is qualitative with case study approach developed by Creswell. The research was conducted in the History Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Jakarta (UNJ) from January to July of 2020. This research is also limited to the courses of Colonial Period Indonesian History in the 2018 class and the History of Indonesia New Order Period in the class of 2017. Data collection is conducted through interviews, observations and documentation. The data that has been collected is then analyzed and stimulated and then described and interpreted its meaning. The results of this study found that there are: (1) history education students have mastered the ability to think historically; (2) According to lecturers who hold courses in Indonesian Colonial History and Indonesian History of the New Order Period, students have mastered the ability to think historically because they have mastered the indicators in historical thinking used in research from UCLA. (3) in the course History of Indonesia Colonial Period, lectures and discussions are carried out through google classroom while in the course History of Indonesia New Order Period lectures are carried out via whatsapp and lecturers only provide reading materials for students so that at the end can make a thesis research proposal. (4) History education students have cognitive empathy skills so that they can handle history well and understand the reasons behind those who have acted in the
past.Keywords: Thinking History, Historical Empathy, History Education Students