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PG Cert Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Develop your writing in a supportive and creative environment. Learn from our team of professional writers how to improve your technique - and get published. Our Cambridge Writing Centre is dedicated to sharing knowledge in the field of creative writing.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences  |  Department: Cambridge School of Art  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 15 months full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September 2027, January 2027  |  Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our Creative Writing Masters degree consists of four core modules and a Major Project. The core modules invite you to consider what it means to write novels and to be a writer, and to develop your writerly identity and presentational skills through consideration of form and structure across multiple genres. Whole course: Patterns of Story: Fiction and its Forms, Workshop: the Short Story, Workshop: the Novel, Special Topic in Creative Writing/English Literature, Master's Project in Creative Writing.

Career pathways

Our MA Creative Writing will help you prepare for a career as a creative writer or in related areas such as publishing and the media. It will also give you critical and analytical skills valued by many employers. have gone on to have successful careers as writers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good honours degree, typically 2.2 or above (or equivalent), normally in a related subject. Applicants with professional experience are also encouraged to apply. If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 7.0 ( Academic level), or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,800 a year (2027/28). Tuition fee: UK students starting 2027/28 (full-time, per year) Source

International applicants: GBP 19,750 a year (2027/28). Tuition fee: International students starting 2027/28 (full-time, per year) Source

Intake: September 2027, January 2027

Duration: 12 months full-time; 15 months full-time; 2 years part-time

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