Program Overview
The Creative Writing at Swansea University is a MPhil programme in Humanities over 24 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: 24 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: On-campus
- English requirement: IELTS 6.5
- Tuition: GBP 13,700 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,200 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
- Location: Swansea, 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
Course Structure
- a novel, or
- a collection of short fiction (which may be designed as a composite novel or may include or comprise work in the novella form), or
- an anthology of poetry, or
- a long poem, or
- a play for stage or radio (or both), or
- a work of creative non-fiction.
- A work of prose fiction or creative non-fiction should be approximately 80,000-100,000 words in length.
- The critical essay should be up to 10,000 words in length.
- An anthology of poems or a long poem should be up to 10,000 words in length (i.e. roughly equivalent to a 50-poem collection).
- A work of drama should take the form of a fully-realised two-act play, suitable for production, each act designed to last about one hour.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
A Master\'s in Creative Writing is desirable, but we are flexible on this: a Masters in some other subject, or a good first degree with publications, will be satisfactory. We accord great weight to the quality of the writing sample you send us: a couple of chapters of a novel, a succinct collection of short stories or poems; scenes from a drama script. English language requirement IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.
English Proficiency: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 13,700 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,200 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 13,700 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 4,200 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 6.5
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact Swansea University 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 Swansea University
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Swansea University(Welsh:Prifysgol Abertawe) is apublicresearch universitylocated inSwansea, Wales. It was established asUniversity College of Swanseain 1920,as the fourth college of theUniversity...
University Profile- Start Date Oct, 2026
- Language English
- Duration 24 months
