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Full time & Part time September MA 1 year full time, 2 years part time Award winner
Creative Arts & Design (9) Languages, Literature & Culture (21)

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The MA Creative Writing programme offers a unique opportunity to take your writing skills to a professional level. Located in the literary heart of Bloomsbury in Central London, you'll be surrounded by publishing houses, libraries, and cultural attractions. With four distinct pathways in Fiction, Literary Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Poetic Practice, you'll have the chance to explore your preferred genre in depth. Taught by renowned writers, the course provides individual attention and a supportive environment. Entry requirements typically include a 2:1 degree in English or a relevant subject, but a high 2:2 or relevant work experience may also be considered. Graduates have gone on to successful careers in publishing, teaching, and writing.

About the course

This course allows you to develop your work as a writer to a professional level, going beyond the personal to write with an engaged sense of literary culture, its social role and contemporary practices. The MA is designed for students with an established writing practice who are intending to develop their creative writing beyond first-degree level. It is also designed for those students wishing to proceed to MPhil or PhD. This MA is taught in Bedford Square in Central London, in the heart of literary Bloomsbury, putting you within walking distance of publishing houses, bookshops, major UK libraries and all of the other cultural attractions of Central London.

You will take one of four distinct pathways:

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Entry Requirements

2:1 degree

Single or combined honours English.

Normally we require a UK 2:1 (Honours) or equivalent in relevant subjects but we will consider a high 2:2 or relevant work experience. Candidates with professional qualifications in an associated area may be considered. Where a ‘high 2:2’ is considered, we would normally define this as reflecting a profile of 57% or above.




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Alice Morgan

"Studying at Royal Holloway allowed me to experiment with my writing in a way I've never been able to before. I was encouraged to explore different styles, genres and themes and this enriched my writing immensely. Learning from experienced writers was one of the best things about my course. Not only were they able to help me with my writing but they were also able to advise on the publishing industry too. I made lifelong friends and I wish I could do it all again!"

Scholarships

Two scholarships are available for full or part-time postgraduate students with Home/EU or International fee status studying for a taught Masters course within the Department of English.

Value of Scholarship(s)

£10,000 cash award for full or part-time student studying a Masters course within the Department of English

Eligibility

You must have achieved, or be expected to achieve, at least a 2:1 degree or equivalent and must hold an offer to study one of the following courses:
MA Creative Writing
MA English Literature
MA Victorian Literature, Art and Culture
MA Medieval Studies

Application Procedure

You must apply via Royal Holloway Direct. Read more on our website.


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You must hold an offer to study one of the following courses:

MA Creative Writing
MA English Literature
MA Victorian Literature, Art and Culture
MA Medieval Studies

Value of Scholarship(s)

£9,400 tuition fee reduction

Eligibility

Three scholarships are available. You must have achieved, or be expected to achieve, at least a 2:! degree or equivalent.

Application Procedure

You must apply via Royal Holloway Direct. Find more information on our website.


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For full details of each individual scholarship, please see our website.

Value of Scholarship(s)

Various

Eligibility

A number of scholarships are available to students applying for postgraduate studies at Royal Holloway.

Application Procedure

Please see each individual scholarship for application procedure.


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