Course summary
Develop your flair for writing, with expert guidance and support from published authors, with our MA Creative Writing programme. Creative writing can simultaneously be a vocation, a career and a transferable skill. This programme focuses on the multiple roles that writing can play in your life. We’re in the top 150 universities in the world for this subject (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023). For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/english-literature-pg/ma-creative-writing
Modules
Sample modules may include:
- Project Development 1
- Materiality and Textuality
- Project Development 2
- Publishing and the Business of Books
Entry requirements
IELTS: 6.5 overall with no element less than 6.0 Entry requirements: Normally a good undergraduate honours degree (2:1 or above) in an appropriate subject. For MA Creative Writing, you’ll need to submit two examples of your creative writing.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £10800 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £10800 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £10800 | Year 1 |
Wales | £10800 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £10800 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £10800 | Year 1 |
EU | £22350 | Year 1 |
International | £22350 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Reading
Whiteknights House
PO Box 217
Reading
RG6 6AH