University of Brighton has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
If you are passionate about literature and eager to enhance your writing skills, our English Literature and Creative Writing degree is perfect for you. You will blend studying literary theory with your own creative writing, learning how to use writing to explore and challenge ideas. Through examining diverse texts and their political, aesthetic, and cultural contexts, you will refine your work. With trips, research projects, and hands-on opportunities to connect theory with practice, you will develop as a confident thinker and writer. Our award-winning tutors and collaborations with local publishers will prepare you for a professional writing career, offering unique experiences within community groups and companies. TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE
- Staff are active writers – you will learn from published novelists, poets and screenwriters.
- Strong local publishing connections – we organise a programme of visiting writers and publishing professionals. Take a look at some of our prizes and partnerships.
- Scrivener talks give you the chance to speak to a professional writer about their work.
- Our focus on employability, including a placement, ensures you will graduate as an emerging writer with a strong skillset.
- Extracurricular activities such as the Performance and Community Research and Enterprise Group and the student-led Creative Writing Society.
- Alumni making a difference – graduates from our programmes include Paris Lees, Merci Roberts, Munroe Bergdorf and Tanaka Mhisi.
- Excellent student support and a warm and encouraging community.
- Weekly roundup of writing competitions and opportunities to encourage you to promote your work and consider future careers.
- Workshops and spoken word events help you find your writing voice.
- Professional feedback on any aspect of your writing from our resident Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
Modules
Year 1 Brighton Writes The World, the Text and the Critic Poetry-Politics-Protest Staging Politics Storying The Self Writers on Writing Year 2 Stories that Transform The Nineteenth Century in Literature British Literature and Twentieth-century History Research and Practice Options* Genres Travel Narratives through Time and Space Twentieth-century Literary Experiments Queer Writing Literature and Art History Professional Practice and Placement American Literature 1850–1945 Image and Text: The Language of Comics and Graphic Novels Writing for Stage, Radio and Screen Contemporary Narratives and Society Power and Persuasion Television Studio Production Photography: From Painting with Light to Zeroes and Ones Final Year Dissertation Brighton Rocks: Final Year Show Options* Community Placement: Theory in Practice Russian Literature and Culture: The Golden Age and Beyond (Re)viewing Shakespeare Apocalypse, Utopia and Dystopia Literature and Philosophy Post-war American Literature Literature and the World Wars Women's Writing and Feminist Theory Restoration Dramas Adaptations Citizen Journalism: Theory and Practice Creative Writing Project From Script to Screen Conflict, Migration, Borders Reading and Writing Landscape Autoethnography Gothic: Texts and Contexts Victorian Sexualities Brighton Rocks Writing the Contemporary Postcolonial Literatures European Literatures and Film World Englishes Language of Gender and Sexuality Approaches to Analysing Discourse English Language Teaching Popular Culture: Europe and Beyond Autobiography of the Screen *Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- Q311
- Institution code:
- B72
- Campus name:
- Brighton
- Campus code:
- B
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - P: 45 credits
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 26 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H4, H4
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5. in each element, or equivalent English Language qualification. |
Review our English Language requirements
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17250 | Year 1 |
| International | £17250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. Fees may increase each year. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year. Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate of £1850. The international tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher.
*Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.
Provider information
University of Brighton
Mithras House
Lewes Road
Brighton
BN2 4AT