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Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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7Dec
Goldsmiths, University of London - Postgraduate Open Day
Postgraduate

Course summary

The inter-relationship between theory, scholarship and the creative process is key to the Goldsmiths MPhil/PhD in Creative Writing.

  • You'll be expected to combine your own creative writing – whether poetry, fiction or life writing – with research into the genre or area of literature in which you are working, to gain insight into its history and development, and to engage with relevant contemporary debates.
  • This might be genre in the more traditional sense, for example satire, fictional autobiography, verse drama, or particular traditions to which you feel your work relates, for example projective verse, postmodernist fiction, or Caribbean poetics.
  • This element of the PhD – the critical commentary – will constitute around 30% of the final work; the major part – 70% – will be a creative work of publishable standard: a novel, memoir, book of poems or collection of stories, for example.
Goldsmiths creative writing students and alumni Former and current PhD students include the following published writers and poets: 2019 Booker Prize-winning Bernardine Evaristo, whose Jerwood Fiction Uncovered-winning book Mr Loverman was written, in part, at Goldsmiths Season Butler Tom Lee Benjamin Woolley Linda Buckley-Archer Wendy Jones Justin Hill Sophie Ward Francis Gilbert Emma Darwin Virginia Peters Thomas Sykes Aoife Mannix Katrina Naomi Kate Miller (winner of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize) Kathryn Maris Jack Underwood Abigail Parry Matthew Gregory Jenny Lewis

Modules

North American applicants especially should note that the British system does not include preparatory taught classes or examinations as part of the MPhil/PhD programme, except for an initial course in research methods.

Assessment method

The critical commentary – will constitute around 30 per cent of the final work; the major part – 70 per cent – will be a creative work of publishable standard: a novel, memoir, book of poems or collection of stories, for example. Assessment is by thesis and viva voce.

Entry requirements

You should normally hold a first or upper second class BA Honours degree (or equivalent) and have either a good MA in Creative Writing or a track record of relevant publications with a reputable company. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing to study this programme.

Fees and funding

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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 .

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Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London - UCAS