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.
MSc Literature, Culture & Society
Start date: September
Study mode & duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
Gain skills in storytelling, cultural production and community engagement, relevant to a range of careers. Develop practical experience through research placements
MFA Creative Writing
Start date: September
Study mode & duration: 24 months full-time; 48 months part-time
The MFA is an internationally recognised terminal degree (the highest level of education you can achieve within the field of creative writing), qualifying graduates to teach creative writing in Higher Education.
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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