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Creative Writing MA

Royal Holloway, University of London

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Royal Holloway, University of London

Course options

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Royal Holloway London Graduate School

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

This course allows you to develop your work as a writer to a professional level, going beyond the personal to write with an engaged sense of literary culture, its social role and contemporary practices. The MA is designed for students with an established writing practice who are intending to develop their creative writing beyond first-degree level. It is also designed for those students wishing to proceed to MPhil or PhD. This MA is taught at Royal Holloway London Graduate School in central London, in the heart of literary Bloomsbury, putting you within walking distance of publishing houses, bookshops, major UK libraries and all of the other cultural attractions of central London.You will take one of four distinct pathways:FictionNew Prose NarrativesPoetryPoetic PracticeWhile the pathways share a similar structure, they are taught separately so as to ensure you can work to a consistently high level. Please see the Course structure section below for more details on each of these.Duration: 1 year full time or 2 years part time

Tuition fees

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£ 27,000per year

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University information

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Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

  • University League Table

    42nd

  • Campus address

    Royal Holloway, University of London, Royal Holloway, University of London Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Creative Writing

    6th out of 47 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 185
    131 71%

    11th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    86.0 86%

    1st

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.23 81%

    19th

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