24 Online Master's degrees offered by universities in United Kingdom

The online Creative Writing MA/PGDip/PGCert at Goldsmiths brings together creative practice, critical thinking, and professional development to help you refine your voice across poetry, short fiction, life writing, and the novel. 

If you're a talented and ambitious writer looking to develop your craft and take your writing to the next level, Glasgow's renowned Creative Writing programme at the University of Glasgow.

Put your creative skills into practice, working from an initial story idea to the final creative project with the Screenwriting (by research) programme from University of York.

The Creative Writing (Online) programme offered by The University of Exeter is a flexible, fully online programme delivered by Exeter’s world-renowned English and Creative Writing department. Study at your own pace, from anywhere, while developing your writing, editing, and publishing skills.

The Creative Writing (Distance Learning) course at Kingston University will enable you to study with a range of well-established and award-winning writers in a dynamic writing environment.

Writing Genre Fiction from Edinburgh Napier University is ideal for writers of all fiction who are looking to take their craft to the next level and develop genre fiction writing skills.  

This Creative Writing (Distance Learning) from Teesside University is your opportunity to develop your writing practice at the times that work for you, wherever you are in the world.

The Creative Writing course at University of Bristol consists of an original body of work - normally a novel, or a collection of poetry/short stories - with an accompanying critical element. The critical element will place the creative work in an informed and theorised analytical context.

Are you interested in the ways that creative writing can be used as a tool for wellbeing? Perhaps you already work with creative writing in this context or maybe you’d like to find out more about this growing field of practice and research? Teesside University offers a masterin Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online).

Blend storytelling artistry with essential publishing skills. Gain hands-on experience with the Bournemouth Journal and Writing Prize. Join a diverse international cohort, expand your global perspective and prepare for a dynamic publishing career with the Creative Writing and Publishing programme at Bournemouth University. 

Gain the skills, tools and industry insights to push your projects to the top of the commissioning editor’s pile and get your comedy script green-lit with this Comedy Writing (Online) course from Falmouth University.

With the Writing for Script and Screen (Online) course from Falmouth University you will gain the writing techniques, industry know-how, professional skills and experience of collaborative working to present your writing to the leading streamers, media companies and broadcasters.

This MA Creative Writing part 1 module from The Open University UK building on skills learned at undergraduate level or as a practising writer, helps to harness your individual strengths, helping you to generate and develop ideas. 

This Creative Writing (Distance Learning) programme at the University of Huddersfield allows you to undertake a one-year (full-time) research degree, with little or no formal taught component. 

This MA Creative Writing part 2 module from The Open University UK is the second part of the MA in Creative Writing you'll build on skills that you have acquired in part 1, whilst at the same time being challenged to develop those skills further in your primary genre specialism.

Develop an array of transferable skills on the Creative Writing course from Arts University Bournemouth. Throughout your studies, we’ll encourage you to reflect on your own practice, explore the fundamental duty of the writer, and guide you in honing your creative identity.

Join a vibrant community of award-winning writers at the Manchester Writing School, home to over 100 published students and graduates. The Creative Writing programme from Manchester Metropolitan University invites you to develop your voice, on campus in a UNESCO City of Literature, or as part of our global online community from anywhere in the world.

The Contemporary Creative Writing MA at Northeastern University London you can develop your craft as a writer with our flexible, fully online

Throughout the Creative Writing programme from Manchester Metropolitan University, you will explore and practice techniques and styles of modern and contemporary writing and apply these through the development of your own complete book or script. 

The MA Writing for Young People (Online) (Hons) at Bath Spa University is a part-time programme designed for aspiring writers focusing on children's literature. This two-year course offers a flexible online format, allowing you to learn from published authors and industry professionals while developing your craft.