Program Overview
The Creative Writing at Goldsmiths University of London is a MPhil programme in Humanities over 36 months, delivered On-campus. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of humanities. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Creative Writing programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United Kingdom and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Duration: 36 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: On-campus
- English requirement: IELTS 7
- Tuition: GBP 14,170 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 7,890 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
- Location: London, United Kingdom
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Creative Writing programme are prepared for diverse careers in humanities:
- Researcher / Academic
- Cultural Programme Manager
- Editor / Writer
- Translator / Interpreter
- Museum Curator
- Communications Specialist
Program Curriculum
- Combine your own creative writing – whether poetry, fiction or life writing – with research into the genre or area of literature in which you are working, to gain insight into its history and development, and to engage with relevant contemporary debates. This might be genre in the more traditional sense, for example satire, fictional autobiography, verse drama, or particular traditions to which you feel your work relates, for example projective verse, postmodernist fiction, or Caribbean poetics.
- Literary and Creative Studies at Goldsmiths comprises leading scholars and creative writers.
- Beyond this original research into the literature, cultures and languages of the past and present, a substantial number of our academic staff produce the literature of the future, as creative writers.
- Research students benefit directly from this intellectual and creative culture, as well as from proximity to the British Library and the University of London Library, and from other research resources, such as the University of London's School of Advanced Studies and the specialised seminars and training opportunities provided there, to which our academic staff also contribute.
- We are also home to the Goldsmiths Prize, established in 2013 to celebrate the qualities of creative daring associated with the College.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
You should have a Master\'s in a relevant subject area. If your degree is in an unrelated field, you may be considered subject to a qualifying interview and/or submission of sample essays.
If your first language is not English:
- IELTS 7.0 (preferably with a minimum of 7.0 in the written element)
- TOEFL (iBT) 600 (including 5.0 in the Test of Written English [TWE])
or 250 in the computerised test (including 5.0 in the written component)
or 100 in the internet-based test (including 25 in the written element)
English Proficiency: IELTS 7 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 14,170 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 7,890 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 14,170 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 7,890 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 7
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact Goldsmiths University of London directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
About Goldsmiths University of London
Goldsmiths University of London
London, England
Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The...
University Profile- Start Date 2018-10-02
- Language English
- Duration 36 months