Course summary
Develop your flair for writing, with expert guidance and support from published authors, with our MA Creative Writing programme. Creative writing can simultaneously be a vocation, a career and a transferable skill. This programme focuses on the multiple roles that writing can play in your life. We’re in the top 150 universities in the world for this subject (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024). The University of Reading is 6th in the UK for research outputs in English Language and Literature (Times Higher Education analysis of the latest Research Excellence Framework 2021 – English Language and Literature, when scoring by GPA Output). For more information, please visit the programme page
Modules
Sample modules may include:
- Creative Writing Dissertation
- Project Development 1
- Project Development 2
- Materiality and Textuality
Entry requirements
IELTS: 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 (or equivalent) Entry requirements: Normally a good undergraduate honours degree (2:1 or above), or equivalent from a university outside the UK, in an appropriate subject. For MA Creative Writing, you will need to submit two examples of your creative writing.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £11750 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £11750 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £11750 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £11750 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £11750 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £11750 | Year 1 |
| EU | £25850 | Year 1 |
| International | £25850 | 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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Reading
Whiteknights House
PO Box 217
Reading
RG6 6AH