Aberystwyth University

BA English Literature and Creative Writing

Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, United Kingdom

Course overview

Why study

English Literature and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth? You will be taught by staff who are distinguished practising writers and published authors across a broad spectrum of literary fields. You will be encouraged to develop your creative and critical writing skills.

You will be encouraged to expand your range and capabilities as a writer to enable you to work confidently in a variety of forms and genres. We offer you opportunities to engage with a wide variety of approaches to literature and cultural history, combining critical thinking with scholarship. You will have the opportunity to explore literary theory - philosophical and conceptual ideas that inform, challenge and problematize the ways we read.

In your final year you will have the opportunity to take part in a writing retreat at a country house in mid-Wales - an amazing opportunity to spend time with fellow students and staff, developing your final year projects and dissertations, in a splendid rural setting. We have one of the biggest libraries in the world, the National Library of Wales, on our doorstep. This copyright institution receives a copy of every book published in the UK.

The department is home to New Welsh Review, Wales’ foremost literary magazine - this could be an exciting opportunity for you to get involved. You will be immersed in a supportive and vibrant community of creative and critical thinkers, literary experts, and published authors from every field. All academic staff in the Department of English and Creative Writing are active scholars and experts in their fields.

They are either qualified to PhD level or have commensurate experience. Our Lecturers either hold or are working towards a Higher Education teaching qualification and the majority of academic staff also hold the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Key highlights

  • Taught by practising writers and published authors across many literary fields
  • Develop creative and critical writing across a variety of forms and genres
  • Explore literary theory alongside literature and cultural history
  • Final-year writing retreat at a country house in mid-Wales
  • National Library of Wales, a UK copyright library, on the doorstep
  • Department hosts New Welsh Review, Wales' foremost literary magazine

Entry requirements

  • UCAS tariff points: 104-120 — UCAS Tariff 120 - 104 A Levels BBB-BCC GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh BTEC National Diploma: DDM-DMM International Baccalaureate: 30-28 European Baccalaureate: 75%-65% English Language Requiremen…
  • A-level: BBB-BCC — UCAS Tariff 120 - 104 A Levels BBB-BCC GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh BTEC National Diploma: DDM-DMM International Baccalaureate: 30-28 European Baccalaureate: 75%-65% English Language Requiremen…
  • GCSE: C/4 — to include English
  • BTEC: DDM-DMM — BTEC National Diploma
  • International Baccalaureate: 28-30 — …requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh BTEC National Diploma: DDM-DMM International Baccalaureate: 30-28 European Baccalaureate: 75%-65% English Language Requirements: See our Undergraduate English Language Requiremen…

Scholarships

  • Aberystwyth Regional Scholarships

    Students will be eligible for a £2,000 reduction in tuition fees for each year of their studies at Aberystwyth University.

    Up to £2,000

  • Caru Aber International Award

    Caru Aber International Award gives a £1,000 tuition fee discount (for every year of study) to any international fee-paying students who spent a period of time studying with us as an associate student.

    Up to £1,000

  • International Accommodation Award

    This award means that for students who choose to live in our on-campus Cwrt Mawr housing, there is no cost for the first year of study.

  • International Family Award

    International Family Award – giving you a £1,000 reduction in tuition fees for every year of your studies.

    Up to £1,000

  • Margaret Evelyn “Lynne” Williams Bursary

    The Bursary is worth £500 during the first year of study and a maximum of two awards will be available each year.

    Up to £500

  • Mathematics Department Award

    Up to £500 a year.

  • Music Scholarships

    £650 a year Music Scholarships are open to UK and international applicants.

    Up to £650

  • Waldo Williams Scholarship

    Successful applicants could receive up to £500 in their first year.

  • Welsh Medium Study Bursary

    Up to £400 a year - for following part or all of your course through the medium of Welsh.

Careers this course leads to

  • Author
  • Editor
  • Copywriter
  • Journalist
  • Publishing assistant
  • Content writer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £19,190 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Aberystwyth University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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