Overview

Specialise in Novel, Poetry, Scriptwriting, Writing for Children and Young Adults, or Creative Non-Fiction, and work alongside internationally renowned writers, poets and scriptwriters. You'll refine your craft through immersive workshops and critical reading, culminating in a substantial piece of creative work from a proposed longer work in progress.

Whether full-time or part-time, on campus or online, the Creative Writing programme from Manchester Metropolitan University offers the flexibility to suit your life, and the inspiration to transform your writing. With regular events, publishing opportunities, and a global network of peers, you’ll be supported at every stage of your creative journey.

Career

More than 100 of our students and graduates have found success in pathways such as publishing careers, launching first books, achieving publication in journals and magazines, winning writing awards, setting up small presses and anthologies, and seeing their work go into production and performance. Our alumni include winners of the Costa First Novel Award, Forward Poetry Prize and Yale Windham-Campbell Prize, and a long-listing for the Man Booker Prize.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Creative Dissertation

Reading

The Workshop

Contemporary Magazine Publishing

Literature in Translation

Poetry in Print

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Apply anytime.
Starting 2027-10-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-08-15 00:00:00

More details

You can apply for a master’s course at any time throughout the year, most courses will close for applications in mid to late August.

Language

English

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89

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PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 188 other Masters in Creative Writing in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

120

Take A Free Practice Test!

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

89

Schedule TOEFL®

PTE Academic

65

Schedule a PTE test!

IELTS

6.5

Prepare for Your English Test

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Learn your IELTS Score

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Other requirements

General requirements

including a personal statement, and a sample of your own creative work. Your application should be tailored to one of our specialist routes: Novel, Poetry, Writing for Children & YA, Scriptwriting or Creative Non-Fiction.

Please indicate at the top of your personal statement which specialist route you are applying for. You should use the rest of the statement to tell us a bit about yourself, give a good overview of your reading and writing interests, and a sense of what has led you to apply for our course and any ideas you have for what you’d like to write with us. Personal statements should be up to 500 words long.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

21000 GBP / year

≈ 21000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

10600 GBP / year

≈ 10600 GBP / year

Additional Details

UK and Channel Island students part-time fee £1767 per 30 credits

International part-time fee £3500 per 30 credits

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 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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