Creative Writing MA at University College London (UCL)

Programme overview

Develop your writing to a professional standard while exploring contemporary issues, ideas and forms with guidance from acclaimed writers and academics.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Duration: 1 calendar year; 2 calendar years | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

For the MA course, you will take a total of 180 credits across the year, including the following compulsory modules: The Writer in the World Creative Writing Dissertation… Modules include: The Writer in the World; Creative Writing Dissertation; The Pattern and the Plot: A Prose Workshop; Writing for Screen and Stage; The Open Field: A Twenty-First Century Poetry Workshop; Writing for…

Career pathways

This is a new course, and we therefore do not have graduate employment data yet. However, engagement with publishing, cultural organisations and contemporary issues will help you develop…

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in English Literature, Creative Writing, or a related arts and humanities subject. English language requirement: UCL Level 5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 16,800 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the first study mode listed (2027/28 UK students: £16,800 per year ; International: £30,700 per year) Source

International applicants: GBP 30,700 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the first study mode listed (2027/28 UK students: £16,800 per year ; International: £30,700 per year) Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 calendar year; 2 calendar years

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