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Shakespeare Studies MA by Research

University of Birmingham

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    University of Birmingham

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    12-DEC-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Course overview In this course you conduct your research at The Shakespeare Institute, our leading centre for Shakespeare studies. You'll join a community of scholars in Shakespeare’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and access the most comprehensive Shakespeare studies collection in the UK. Benefit from our unique resources including dedicated Shakespeare library facilities and weekly seminars sharing the latest research. Enhance your research through our collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). This dynamic collaboration sees researchers and academic staff join RSC artists to explore Shakespeare through creative and critical approaches. Course highlights Research Shakespeare and his contemporaries in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. There's no better place in the world to study Shakespeare. You'll have The Shakespeare Institute, the RSC theatres, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust archives all on your doorstep. Immerse yourself in Shakespeare's life and walk the very streets he grew up in. A day of research could involve looking through archival records in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, checking sources in The Shakespeare Institute library, attending a research seminar, and then watching a performance at one of the Royal Shakespeare Company theatres.

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

    English

    12th out of 89 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 207
    141 68%

    21st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    73.0 73%

    25th

    6

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.24 81%

    42nd

    21

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