Arts & Humanities
Advanced Certificate Art and Art Education
Columbia University, United States
- Degree
- Postgraduate
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
The MFA in Writing is a 60-credit programme for writers working in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Literary Translation. Students develop craft through workshops, seminars, lectures and master classes led by established authors in New York City.
Faculty: School of the Arts | Department: Writing Program | Duration: 60 credits | Intake: Fall | Study mode: full-time | Location: New York, NY, United States
The 60 points must include three 6-point workshops and one 9-point thesis workshop, at least 21 points of Graduate Writing Program lectures, seminars and master classes (including at least one lecture), and additional classes inside or outside the programme. Nonfiction students take one seminar with a substantive research component.
MFA Writing: completed online application, undergraduate transcript, three letters of recommendation, $110 application fee; a 1,000-word essay responding to a work of literature published in the last ten years in the applicant's concentration; a personal statement of no more than two double-spaced pages; and creative materials by concentration (Fiction up to 25 double-spaced pages with a plot synopsis for a novel excerpt; Nonfiction up to 30 double-spaced pages; Poetry up to 10 single-spaced pages). Fall 2027 deadline: January 6, 2027.
USD 80,760 a year (2026-27). Tuition for first- and second-year MFA students, up to 18 credits per semester ($40,380 per semester); excludes fees and insurance. Source
Intake: Fall
Duration: 60 credits
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Columbia University, United States
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