229 Master's degrees in Literature in United Kingdom

Study literature from across the world and explore cultures and societies in and beyond the English-speaking world. Gain a global outlook while learning from experts in languages, literatures and cultures. The Comparative Literature and Culture and Spanish and Latin American Studies (5 years) programme is offered at University of Aberdeen.

This exciting, intellectually rigorous Literary Studies programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, gives you the opportunity to develop the study of literature from a variety of perspectives through a number of flexible pathways.

This Literature, Culture and Thought M.Phil programme from the University of Cambridge provides students with the critical and theoretical tools to enable them to undertake an in-depth study of specific aspects of European literature and culture and/or Latin American and Francophone contexts.

This is an innovative and exciting programme in which you focus on writing a full-length, literary novel of between 90,000 and 150,000 words.

The University of Sheffield offers a Master of Arts (MA) in English Literature, which spans one year for full-time students or two years for part-time attendees. This programme allows students to explore diverse literary fields, including creative writing, with options tailored to individual interests and focuses.

The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures is committed to interdisciplinary working, making it the ideal place to study for a postgraduate degree in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway University of London. 

The MLitt in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture at the University of St Andrews explores the key texts, contexts and theories that have shaped literature and culture from 1900 to the present.

Writing is a profession and a passion; it is also an act of community.  University of Warwick Warwick’s MA in Writing introduces you to the real world of writing, surrounded and supported by writing staff and students who share your ambition. It will show you how to make your way in the world as a writer.

The Early Modern English Literature - Books That Matter MA at King's College London is an innovative and exciting partnership between the Department of English at King’s and the British Library. 

The Greek and-or Latin Languages and Literature offered at the University of Oxford can be used as a route to the DPhil, if then followed by two years of doctoral study. Applicants for the MPhil wishing to enter doctoral programmes elsewhere after their master's degree at Oxford are also welcomed.

The MLitt in Romantic and Victorian Studies at the University of St Andrews enhances students' knowledge and thinking about Romanticism and Victorian literature through the study of literary culture from the 1790s to 1900.

The Sociology of Literature program at Warnborough College is suitable for those with a passion for examining the circumstance of literature, including writer’s reaction to (or creation of) socio-historical trends and the ideology of a text.

The MA in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory at King's College London lets you explore a range of texts and concepts from 1945 to the present, with an emphasis on the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

The MA in English Literature at Swansea University offers an enriching academic experience, designed for completion in one year of full-time study or over three years part-time. This programme immerses students in diverse literary cultures while fostering independent research skills. Classes are conducted on campus, facilitating direct interaction with faculty and peers.

MA English Literature at Coventry University  is an exciting opportunity to study local and global literatures, from the Renaissance through to present day. Engaging with cutting-edge critical theories and through embodied learning, students will consider the importance of literature for the regional and global concerns of the twenty-first century.

This English Literature MA programme from the University of Nottingham is the course for you if you love nothing more than a good book or perhaps you're fascinated by the inner workings of your favourite texts.

The Education (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature) at the University of Cambridge is organised to include four modules: Texts, Contexts and Childhood; Perspectives on Children's Literature; Visual Texts; and Texts and Readers.

English Literature by Research from University of Buckingham is taught through seminars, group sessions, and personalised one-to-one teaching with a first and second supervisor. A postgraduate reading group, and seminars led by staff and guest speakers, gradually develop the insights needed to complete your research project.

The Languages, Literatures, Cultures MA course offered by Durham University is an exciting, unique and dynamic course that invites you to engage critically with literatures emerging from diverse literary and cultural contexts from around the world. 

Their programme in Literature, Romanticism and The English Lake District at University of Cumbria offers a unique opportunity to study a rich body of literary and non-literary texts within the geographical landscape which inspired them, at the University of Cumbria's Ambleside campus in the heart of the Lake District National Park, now a UNESCO world heritage site.