Overview

The English Literature degree offered at Brunel University of London will benefit your own writing, critique and self-expression.

Key Facts

Your journey will commence with an introductory module on ‘Reading, Writing and Research’ to help equip you with the required skills and competencies relevant to literary studies, so you will have the confidence to pursue self-directed study on any given topic.

You will then study four additional modules including ‘Authors’, where you will study one author or a well-recognised group of authors from a list that includes: John Keats and P.B. Shelley; the Brontes; Charles Dickens, or selected modernist authors such as Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield or postmodernist and experimental writers, B.S. Johnson and J.G. Ballard.

You will also have the opportunity to cover more contemporary works in ‘Postmillennial Literature’ including texts from a selected field, which includes: Anglophile writing post 9/11; science fiction and fantasy; LGBT writing, or experimental fiction.

Careers and your future

An English master’s will equip you with a set of enviable skills which are vital for careers in publishing, print and electronic media, the culture industries and education.

Your skills will also be attractive to employers within sectors where accuracy in the written descriptive word is a central feature, including law, the civil service, advertising, marketing, financial services and business.

If, at the end of the course, you decide to continue your studies to doctoral level, you will have the essential research skills, and the opportunity, to join a flourishing research culture at Brunel.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Reading, Research and Writing

Postmillennial Literature

A Literary Decade

Author(s) Study

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-18 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Language Studies Literature British Studies View 229 other Masters in Literature in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree, or equivalent internationally recognised qualification, in English Literature or Creative Writing. We also welcome applications from applicants with backgrounds in other disciplines and will consider these on a case by case basis.
If you do not have a degree in English Literature or Creative Writing then we may need to arrange a short call with you to find out more about your interests and motivations for a studying our MA in English Literature.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

20400 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

12125 GBP / year

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Additional Details

For UK students part-time: £6,060

For international students part-time: £11,160

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 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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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Additional Details

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