Master Arts, Lettres et Civilisations - Parcours Écritures créatives at Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France

Programme overview

Master parcours (Bac+5, 120 ECTS) centred on writing, past and present, with historical, aesthetic, linguistic and theoretical questioning and practice through writing workshops and master classes. Three orientations: double degree with Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), creative-writing or research dissertation, or writing professions with a long internship.

Faculty: ISH - Institut Sociétés et Humanités | Department: Arts, Lettres et Civilisations | Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS) | Location: Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Writing workshops, master classes, research seminars (Masteriales), de l'idée à l'écriture en fiction, research methodology, semantics, rhetoric and stylistics, literary theories, modern languages (English, German or Spanish B2), and a semester at the partner university for the double degree.

Career pathways

Fiction, screenwriting and other writing; literary research; doctorate in literary/linguistic research or creative-writing thesis; careers in France, Quebec and the francophone world.

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Application information

Entry requirements

France: Licence in literary studies with at least 12/20 average (180 ECTS). Required: literary studies background, intellectual curiosity and taste for literature, writing and/or research. Double-degree route: selection committee in each university.

Domestic applicants: EUR 255 a year (2026-2027). National registration fee (inscription principale), non-scholarship students from EU/EEA; scholarship students pay 0. CVEC (105 EUR) not included. Master cursus. Source

International applicants: EUR 3,950 a year (2026-2027). Differentiated fee for non-EU/EEA/Swiss students first registering in a second-cycle degree (master or engineering cycle) in 2026-2027. Source

Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS)

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