Overview

Get ready to develop your practice further, whether you're interested in short fiction, novels, poetry, plays, screenplays or hybrid and digital forms. Work with writers, editors and publishers and learn how to get published in the Creative Writing degree offered at the University of Birmingham .

Career opportunities

By studying a postgraduate degree in Film or Creative Writing at Birmingham, you’ll develop transferable skills suited to a range of career paths. These skills include critical thinking skills, the ability to think creatively and generate new ideas and teamworking skills.

The Creative Writing postgraduate students have gone on to work in careers such as 'Novelist/Writer', 'Editorial Assistant' and 'Marketing Specialist' in organisations such as Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd, War Child Holland and Pocket FM.

The University has commissioned Cturtle as the data partner for tracking the alumni destinations. The data above is a subset from 43,666 alumni who completed their course up to 31 July 2024.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Creative Writing Masterclass: From Workshop to Bookshop

Dissertation (Creative Writing)

Intertextuality: Story, Genre, Craft

Poem as Story - Story as Poem

The Writer's Workshop

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-03 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 193 other Masters in Creative Writing in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You should have, or expect to get, a 2:1 Honours degree in English or Creative Writing. It'll also consider other subjects.

Regardless of your academic background, you'll need to have considerable experience writing creatively.

You'll need to include a sample of your writing in your online application. This will be a creative writing portfolio of approximately 3,000 words.

The portfolio can be short stories, an excerpt from a novel, play, or film script or a selection of poems. If you submit a portfolio of poetry, each line of poetry equates to approximately 20 words per line, so you'll submit approximately 150 lines of poetry.

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Tuition Fees

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27090 GBP / year

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11250 GBP / year

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Free

Additional Details

UK: £5,625 part-time

Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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