MA (Hons) Comparative Literature at University of Glasgow

Programme overview

The study of literature across cultural and national frontiers, time periods, languages and genres, including the boundaries between literature and the other arts. It can be taken as a single Honours subject or jointly, and combined with a foreign language including as a beginner.

Duration: 4 years | Intake: September | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 courses take heroism as an overarching theme; year 2 focuses on crossing frontiers, with Comparative Literature 2B on criticism and theory; Honours options include Myths & modern imagination, Cervantes in Hollywood, Postcolonial literature, Holocaust literature & film and Book history.

Career pathways

Graduate Outcomes job titles include Bookseller, Reporter, Producer, Data Associate, English Language Assistant and Crisis Support Worker.

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Application information

Entry requirements

International applicants (English language, standard undergraduate requirement for this programme): IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no subtest below 6.0; TOEFL iBT 90 overall (tests up to 20 January 2026; minimum Reading 20, Listening 19, Speaking 19, Writing 21) or 92 overall (tests from 21 January 2026; minimum Reading 22, Listening 20, Speaking 23, Writing 21); PTE Academic 59 with no subtest below 59. Tests must be within 2 years 5 months of the start date. Full-time applicants apply through UCAS; application deadlines: 15 October (UK applicants including Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine or Oxford/Cambridge), 13 January (other UK applicants), 30 June (international students).

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years

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