380 Master's in Literature in Europe

This Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (Research) programme from Radboud University combines joint interdisciplinary training with disciplinary courses in one of the specialisations: Historical Studies, Literary Studies, or Art and Visual Culture. 

In the Comparative Literary Studies programme at Utrecht University is designed for students with strong analytical skills and a desire to deepen their understanding of literature as a global, multilingual, and politically engaged practice.

Tilburg University's Children's Literature, Media and Cultural Entrepreneurship (Multiple degree) is a two-year Erasmus Mundus International Master’s program initiated and taught by a consortium of five universities. With this program you deepen your knowledge of children’s literature, media and culture from an international perspective and a multidisciplinary approach. 

In the Literature Today programme at Utrecht University, you will learn to identify and critically evaluate the most recent national and international developments in literature, and to situate these from a historical perspective. You will be equipped with the tools to identify and explain the quality of literary works in times of increasing commercialisation.

Engage in a broadly interdisciplinary study of the relationships between literature, visual culture, and film in contemporary and historical contexts. Gain cutting-edge theoretical insights into intermedial aesthetics and into the philosophy of literature, art, and film. Students are provided with critical tools for the cultural analysis of contemporary audiovisual, image, and text-based media.

The University of Liverpool offers a degree in English. The Department of English conducts research in all the main branches of our discipline: literature, creative writing, language, applied linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

This English Literature MA degree at Northumbria University will help you gain a more confident critical voice, and advanced analytical and research skills.

Throughout this English Literature study delivered by the  University of Plymouth you'll explore the ever-evolving world of literature and culture through an exciting array of thematic modules, spanning a broad range of periods from the early modern to the present.

This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.

The Literature degree from University of Essex has been offered supervision in all fields of staff research interest, which includes a wide range of expertise in different literatures and in varying approaches to literature, covering most aspects from early modern to modern writing in English and a number of other languages.

This one-year (2-semester) English Literary Studies - Pre-Master's Programme (PMP) from OnCampus Southampton offers successful students guaranteed progression to the University of Southampton.

The English Literature programme at the University of Glasgow gives you the chance to pursue your own interests in English Literature at postgraduate level by selecting from a rich variety of courses led by internationally renowned experts.

Pursue research you are passionate about. This Spanish programme from Newcastle University combines taught and research elements, allowing you to explore in depth a specific area of Spanish studies such as linguistics, Latin American culture and politics, the Spanish novel, or Latin American film.

The English Literature - Pre-Master’s Programme at OnCampus Hull is a two semester programme, with guaranteed progression to the University of Hull. You will study your Master's programme at our Centre located at the heart of the University of Hull campus.

There are many reasons to study literature in English at advanced level: to explore other periods and cultures; to develop your research and communication skills; to pursue career goals; or simply because you love reading. All are possible on this English Literature MA from University of Leicester, where you will work to develop your interests with internationally recognised experts.

The Master of Western Literature from KU Leuven offers an in-depth, intercultural, and comparative study of literature from different Western traditions and periods. Specialists in literatures in different languages and from almost a dozen national traditions introduce you to a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.

This Creative Writing Prose Fiction (Part Time) course from the University of East Anglia will help transform you as a writer, giving you a deeper sense of the imaginative, artistic and intellectual opportunities and challenges involved in writing literary fiction.

Whether you simply enjoy Victorian literature or are looking to prepare for PhD research in the future, the English Literature - Victorian Literature degree delivered by the University of Liverpool provides rigorous and comprehensive training in nineteenth-century literature and culture. 

The Renaissance Literature 1500-1700 programme from University of York is an intensive and exciting survey of the literary culture of the 16th and 17th centuries. The transformations in religion, politics, the technologies of writing and publication, science and global exploration, which continue to resonate today, prompted some of the most vibrant, difficult, and rewarding writing ever produced.

The Master's by Research MA/MSc programme from De Montfort University emphasises independent study over taught instruction. It is often used as a training course in advanced research work and lays the foundation towards doing a PhD.