English Literature, MA
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our MA in English Literature at Swansea is a fascinating programme which offers you the opportunity to explore diverse areas of literary culture and cultivate your own bespoke research interests. You will develop your research and critical writing skills to a professional level while reading widely across literatures in English from the medieval period to the present day. Our MA offers an interdisciplinary approach to literature which considers texts in relation to history, philosophy, politics, and visual culture.
On this programme, we encourage research specialisation and independence, concluding with your dissertation project on a topic of your choosing. This programme is designed to address critical questions about the role of literature, arts, and culture in the society of the future. It looks at how creativity, community, and identity can help us face today’s biggest global challenges - from the climate crisis to inequality.
You will also be taught and supported by world-leading experts in Welsh Writing, Gothic Literature, Medieval Literature, Neo-Victorian Literature, Modernism, Early Modern Literature, Speculative Fiction, and a range of literary theories.
Key highlights
- Reading across literatures in English from medieval period to present
- Interdisciplinary study linking texts to history, philosophy, politics and visual culture
- Independent dissertation on a topic of your choosing
- Develops research and critical writing skills to a professional level
- Explores literature's role in global challenges like climate crisis and inequality
- Expert teaching in Welsh Writing, Gothic, Modernism and Speculative Fiction
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:1 — 2.1
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Editor
- Publishing assistant
- Copywriter
- Journalist
- Secondary school English teacher
- Arts and heritage officer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,600 per year | International: £19,300 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 Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
Ready to start?
Book a free consultation and we'll map your fastest route to a September 2026 place.