Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MA Creative Writing in Birmingham United Kingdom | University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
|
Birmingham United Kingdom
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
24,120
(c. USD32,182.11)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months
For graduates with extensive creative writing experience looking to advance their career or pursue further studies, our cutting-edge MA in Creative Writing offers the perfect opportunity.
This program provides dedicated workshop time to refine your unique style and concepts while exchanging constructive feedback with fellow writers. You'll gain practical industry knowledge through professional training sessions featuring insights from editors, publishers, and other writing professionals.
Students explore multiple writing forms before focusing their dissertation on a specific genre - whether screenwriting, playwriting, fiction, or poetry - while benefiting from cross-genre collaboration with peers.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
We ask for a 2:1 Honours degree, or equivalent, preferably in English and/or Creative Writing, but other disciplines will be considered. Applicants should also have considerable experience of writing creatively.
All prospective students must also submit a sample of written work as part of the online application process. This must be provided when you make your application or by the deadline for the round in which your application is submitted. If this is not provided within the stated timeframe your application may be declined. Your sample should be in the form of a portfolio of creative writing of c. 3,000 words. This may be a prose sample (e.g. one or more short stories, part of a novel), a play or film script, or a selection of poems (in which case a line of poetry equates c. 20 words of prose, a portfolio focusing on poetry would be c. 150 lines in total). We encourage applicants to submit more than a single piece of work where possible (e.g. one short story and a novel opening, rather than a longer excerpt of a novel) though this is not strictly required.
IELTS 6.5 with no less than 7.0 writing and 6.0 in the other bands is equivalent to:
TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 Listening, 22 Speaking and 23 in Writing
All prospective students must also submit a sample of written work as part of the online application process. This must be provided when you make your application or by the deadline for the round in which your application is submitted. If this is not provided within the stated timeframe your application may be declined. Your sample should be in the form of a portfolio of creative writing of c. 3,000 words. This may be a prose sample (e.g. one or more short stories, part of a novel), a play or film script, or a selection of poems (in which case a line of poetry equates c. 20 words of prose, a portfolio focusing on poetry would be c. 150 lines in total). We encourage applicants to submit more than a single piece of work where possible (e.g. one short story and a novel opening, rather than a longer excerpt of a novel) though this is not strictly required.
IELTS 6.5 with no less than 7.0 writing and 6.0 in the other bands is equivalent to:
TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 Listening, 22 Speaking and 23 in Writing
Tuition
GBP
24,120