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409 Master's degrees in Literature in Europe

Creative Writing and English Literature - Pre-Master’s Programme
The Creative Writing and English Literature - Pre-Master’s Programme at OnCampus Hull is a two semester programme, with guaranteed progression to the University of Hull. You will study your Master's programme at our Centre located at the heart of the University of Hull campus.
The Contemporary Novel-Practice as Research
The Contemporary Novel - Practice as Research course from University of Kent is an innovative and exciting programme in which you focus on writing a full-length, literary novel of between 90,000 and 150,000 words.
English Literatures and Literary Theory
If you love literature, this English Literatures and Literary Theory programme from University of Freiburg is the ideal course for you. You will get to read a large number of exciting novels, short stories, plays, poems, essays and letters besides looking at films and seeing performances of great drama on stage or on DVD.
Literary Studies
Rooted in our university's tradition of studying the relations between word and image, the Literary Studies MA programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focuses on the dynamics of literature and visual culture.
Languages, Literatures, Cultures
The Languages, Literatures, Cultures MA course offered by Durham University is an exciting, unique and dynamic course that invites you to engage critically with literatures emerging from diverse literary and cultural contexts from around the world.
English - American Literature and Culture
In the Master Programme in English - American Literature and Culture at Uppsala University, you will study American literature in relation to such fields as transnationalism and migration studies, the risk humanities, critical finance studies, the environmental and energy humanities, and black studies.

Literature and Creative Writing
The Literature and Creative Writing programme from University of Essex allows you to choose a creative-practice pathway or a theoretical pathway. Studying literature and creative writing at Essex means that you can build your degree around your interests.
Irish Folklore and Ethnology
The MA Irish Folklore and Ethnology at University College Dublin is a recently established programme which offers students the chance to acquire in-depth knowledge of a unique and vibrant aspect of Irish culture – that of oral tradition and folklore, representing the history and heritage of Ireland at vernacular level.
Literature with a Specialization in Polish
Literature with a Specialization in Polish is one of thirteen specializations within the Master’s Programme in Literature at the Faculty of the Humanities at Stockholm University.
Greek And/or Latin Languages and Literature
This Greek And/or Latin Languages and Literature course at the University of Oxford is designed to allow you a period of study of Greek and/or Latin literature which is both more advanced and more independent than you will be used to from your undergraduate courses, and at the same time more tightly structured and supervised than work for a doctorate.
Linguistics and Literary Studies
The foundational principle of the Linguistics and Literary Studies at University of Antwerp is English is that you don’t have to make an agonising choice between what could be your two passions: language and literature. You can combine both of these fascinating fields of study in a one-year Master’s programme of 60 ECTS credits.
Philosophy and Literature
The MA in Philosophy and Literature from University College Dublin will be useful for any job requiring a subtle understanding of debate and disagreement, or requiring close attention to texts, especially in the cultural sector.

Comparative Literatures and Cultures
The Comparative Literatures and Cultures at University of Bristol is designed to give you an exciting exploration of literary and cultural products and critical issues that span national and linguistic borders as well as time periods.
Celtic Studies (Full-time)
Celtic Studies (Full-time) from The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is a unique distance-learning programme which offers students interested in Welsh and Celtic Studies the opportunity to study various aspects of the history, literature and cultural heritage of the Celtic regions in their own homes.
Creative Writing (Extended)
The Creative Writing (Extended) MA at Swansea University is a two-year, full-time programme designed to enhance your literary skills. This course offers a unique opportunity to study abroad at a partner institution in the US, enriching your experience and writing capabilities. You'll develop expertise in various genres while benefiting from a vibrant academic community.

Theatre Studies
This Theatre Studies programme of study at the University of Malta is conducted mainly by research. It will offer you an opportunity to undertake an independent research project in a chosen area of theatre studies.

English Literature
This English Literature MA degree at Northumbria University will help you gain a more confident critical voice, and advanced analytical and research skills.

Creative Writing Prose Fiction (Part Time)
This Creative Writing Prose Fiction (Part Time) MA course from the University of East Anglia is the oldest and most prestigious Creative Writing programme in the UK. It is uniquely focused on the writing of fiction. We take a rigorous and creative approach to enabling students' ideas, voices, technique and craft.
Literature - Culture - Media, Spanish Literature
The aim of the Literature - Culture - Media, Spanish Literature programme from Lund University is to strengthen students’ historical knowledge and theoretical understanding of relations between literature, culture and modern media.
Arts, Literature and Media (research)
The interdisciplinary Arts, Literature and Media (research) MA programme at Leiden University offers the best of three worlds through a programme of well-designed courses, combining theoretical and historical training with free space for specialisation.