Masters Degrees (Biography)

The cutting-edge Taught MA in Biography was founded in 1996, remains unique to Buckingham and is consistently rated ‘excellent’ by external examiners and inspectors. Read more

This cutting-edge programme is unique to Buckingham. A course with wide appeal, it is aimed at anyone who has an interest in biography or in researching and writing biography for themselves. Read more

Have you got a story to tell? Or poems that you want to shape into a collection? This degree will help you develop your creative writing practice. Read more

Understanding America in the 21st century is more essential than ever. Read more

The MA Modern and Contemporary Writing has two main focuses: the relationship between key writers of modernism and contemporary literature, and between creative and critical writing. Read more

You’ve been writing poetry for so long that it’s become a vital part of your life. You may have tried one-off workshops or short courses but find that they are no longer enough. Read more

Our course will transform you as a writer, giving you a surer sense of the technical and emotional complexes that underpin any act of writing. Read more

Imagine writing an innovative full-length novel under the guidance of award-winning crime writers and experienced creative writing tutors. Read more

There are three distinct routes to this course. Each route offers focused but flexible structures to fulfil a range of motivations: Publication/book route - produce a full-length work (a novel, poetry collection, script or biography) for publication, performance or dissemination. Read more

What do Karl Ove Knausgård, Valeria Luiselli and Clarice Lispector have in common with Jo Nesbø, Georg Trakl and Yoko Tawada? They’ve all been translated into English by graduates from the MA Literary Translation at UEA! On this course, you’ll focus exclusively on literary translation, combining translation practice with translation theory. Read more

This course is designed across three semesters, with each class intended to develop not just the skills aspiring writers need, but the right skills at the right stage in their development. Read more

This two-year, part-time masters programme is offered jointly by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh, and is taught entirely online. Read more

The Sequential Design/Illustration MA attracts new and established illustrators, artists and designers from all over the world who are keen to explore the principles of sequence within their chosen field and make them visible through a variety of forms. Read more

Taught entirely online, our MA in English Studies allows you to develop your knowledge of literature and literary linguistics from wherever you are in the world. Read more

Literary non-fiction is changing in exciting ways and this is your chance to be a part of it. Our best modern writers have been experimenting with new forms and subjects. Read more