Overview

The English Literatures degree from Keele University can help you achieve this and more, with opportunities to enjoy readings from an exciting range of published poets, novelists and peers within an intellectually stimulating, collegiate environment.

You’ll be supported throughout by our leading academics in the field of literary studies, whose research across a broad spectrum of literary periods and genres feeds directly into teaching and research supervision, giving you significant scope when choosing your dissertation topic.

Career opportunities:

Pursuing postgraduate study enhances your employment prospects because it nurtures more advanced personal and professional skills, including critical thinking, originality, problem-solving, persuasive writing and speaking, innovative questioning and effective reasoning, all of which can open a wide range of careers.

Throughout the course, we offer you opportunities to reflect on the skills you are developing and, importantly, how you can articulate these skills in applications and interviews. We work closely with the University’s Careers and Employability Service to offer bespoke sessions on postgraduate employability throughout the academic year.

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Reflective Practice in the Humanities
Criticism, Analysis, Theory in Literary Studies
Canon, Anti-Canon, Context
Humanities Masters Research Training
Violence and Death: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare’s Theatre
Work Placement for Humanities Postgraduates

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Keele, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Literature British Studies View 79 other Masters in British Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

This degree is designed for those individuals with a first or upper second-class honours degree (or international equivalent) in English/English Studies/English Literature (single or combined honours). Applicants with other qualifications or experience are considered on a case-by-case basis by the Programme Director.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16600 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

10100 GBP / year

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Additional Details

UK, part-time: £5,600 per year

Living costs

Keele

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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