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Creative Writing PhD

University of Birmingham

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    University of Birmingham

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Embark on this creative practice-based PhD and craft your literary masterpiece. Explore creative and critical practices and be inspired by our award-winning writers and the bustling literary scene on campus and in Birmingham. Develop your creative and critical practice, whether you're looking for the right environment to work on an extended writing project or want to conduct practice-based research to prepare for an academic career. You'll join an interdisciplinary Film and Creative Writing department where you'll be supported by writers in your chosen form, whether that's prose, poetry, scriptwriting or hybrid and new forms. This PhD builds on your writing experience, which might be from an MA in Creative Writing, or from professional publication. By the end of the PhD you'll produce a creative work of publishable quality and complementary critical document. You can choose to create a long form work or a sequence of related works for your creative document. In the critical document you'll present a structured argument showing your awareness of literary contexts and critical and creative processes. Course structure It usually takes three years (full-time) or six years (part-time) to complete a PhD.

Tuition fees

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£ 23,390per year

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University information

University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

  • University League Table

    12th

  • Campus address

    University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

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The University of Birmingham is a founding member of the elite Russell Group of UK universities and is known all around the world for its pioneering research.
Based in the second largest city in the UK, Birmingham offers an outstanding international student experience.
The university has a vibrant international student community and is home to over 10,000 international students from approximately 150 countries.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Creative Writing

    3rd out of 47 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 185
    144 78%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    86.0 86%

    1st

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.10 77%

    38th

    7

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