Postgraduate TaughtEnglish & Creative Writing
Postgraduate courses in English & Creative Writing
Gain a deeper appreciation for language, literature and culture. Find your voice as a writer and hone your creative practice.
Whether your ambitions are critical or creative, our postgraduate programmes foster analytical thinking and self-expression. Our academic team of literary experts and professional writers create a rich and engaging learning environment where you can pursue your professional, academic and artistic goals.
Our programmes
Browse our portfolio of postgraduate English & Creative Writing programmes.
MLitt Creative Writing
Start date: September
Study mode & duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
Work with experienced, published writers to develop your writing practice. Covers fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting and poetry.
MLitt Interdisciplinary English Studies
Start date: September
Study mode & duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time
Explore the representation, imaginary transformation and symbolisation of culture, as mediated through language and literature.
Our students
Tyler Bingham
MSc Interdisciplinary English Studies
I can say that the English department has an extraordinarily welcoming faculty, and I would recommend that any new student feel comfortable getting in touch with them.
Kathryn Sandilands
MLitt Creative Writing
The course provided a lot of freedom in terms of the creative writing which students were able to produce for assignments, with workshops focusing on tools and approaches which might help to achieve a final piece of writing.
Deborah Crowe
MLitt Interdisciplinary English Studies
I applied to Interdisciplinary English Studies as I am genuinely interested in how novels are shaped by society and vice-versa...If you love English literature and how it relates to the world around us, do it!
Interview with an Alumni Student
Callum McSorley is an award-winning author from Glasgow who studied Creative Writing at Strathclyde.
He spoke with us about his experience at university, writing inspirations for him and his career since graduating.
Fees & funding
Applicants ordinarily resident in Scotland
SAAS offer postgraduate tuition fee loans of up to £7,000 per year. Full time students can also apply for a living cost loan of up to £6,900, making the total funding available £13,900.
EU residents
EU residents applying to full-time, face-to-face postgraduate taught programmes may be eligible for an EU Engagement Scholarship worth £5,000.
Non-EU international residents
Non-EU international students beginning full-time, face-to-face postgraduate taught programmes in 2024/25 may be eligible for a scholarship worth between £4,000 and £5,000.
Contact us
Email: hass-pgt-admissions@strath.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 141 444 8600
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