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176 Master's degrees in Literature in United Kingdom

English (Poetry)
Within this English (Poetry) MA degree from the Queen's University Belfast drawing on our long-standing reputation for producing distinguished critics and poets, this programme's creative-critical intersections make it suitable for a new generation of poets and critics alike.

English Literature
This English Literature programme from Newcastle University allows you to work around your own research interests. It will prepare you for further research within and beyond academia.

English Literature - Renaissance and Eighteenth-Century Literature
The English Literature - Renaissance and Eighteenth-Century Literature programme from University of Liverpool draws together two of the richest and most fascinating periods in English literary history, encouraging you to think of them as being both in continuity and in contest with one another.
Children's Literature and Literacies
The MA in Children's Literature and Literacies at Lincoln Bishop University gives you an opportunity to deepen your passion for literature written for children through research-led modules that engage with emerging frameworks and debates.

Scottish Literature
The Scottish Literature programme of the University of Glasgow hosts the only academic unit in the UK exclusively dedicated to the teaching and research of Scottish Literature.

English Literary Studies
With this English Literary Studies course from University of Southampton you’ll get the chance to carry out advanced-level research and independent critical thinking, and to make effective use of archives, manuscripts, and research libraries.
English Literature and Language
At the English Literature and Language programme from University of Worcester we aim to produce research that is distinctive, socially and culturally relevant, and that influences national agendas.
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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

Master's by Research
The Master's by Research MA/MSc programme from De Montfort University emphasises independent study over taught instruction. It is often used as a training course in advanced research work and lays the foundation towards doing a PhD.

Film and Literature
The interdisciplinary Film and Literature programme from University of York combines critical inquiry and independent research with passionately committed teaching from world-leading scholars.

English Literature - Literature and Society - Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian
The English Literature - Literature and Society - Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian programme offered by The University of Edinburgh gives you the opportunity to engage with a range of topics in literary study, centred on the literary history of England, Scotland and Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries.
French Studies (Part-time)
The Graduate Diploma in French Studies (Part-time) at Birkbeck, University of London is ideal for those excited by the thought of studying French language, literature and culture at postgraduate level.

German
This German Master's from Newcastle University combines taught and research elements, allowing you to explore in depth a specific area of German including culture, literature, and linguistics.
Japanese
Japanese from Birkbeck, University of London is an advanced postgraduate research degree that requires original research and the submission of a substantial dissertation of 60,000 to 100,000 words.
Literary Studies
This exciting, intellectually rigorous Literary Studies programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, gives you the opportunity to develop the study of literature from a variety of perspectives through a number of flexible pathways.

Spanish
Pursue research you are passionate about. This Spanish programme from Newcastle University combines taught and research elements, allowing you to explore in depth a specific area of Spanish studies such as linguistics, Latin American culture and politics, the Spanish novel, or Latin American film.