Creative Writing
University of ManchesterCreative Writing PhD is an undergraduate degree at University of Manchester, based in Manchester, taught full-time over 36 months.
About this course
Our PhD Creative Writing programme gives you the opportunity to work on a significant piece of creative writing while developing your research skills.
You will benefit from creative supervision by an experienced poet or fiction writer and draw on the range of expertise within the University to find a supervisor for your critical element.
There are two elements to the programme. The first is a creative element that can be a novel or a collection of short stories of up to 100,000 words, or a book-length collection of poetry of up to 60 poems.
The PhD also has a critical element, which is a piece of literary or cultural criticism of 30,000 to 50,000 words maximum.
Study Options
This course is available in 2 study options:
Duration: 72 Months
Qualification: PhD
Location: Manchester
Duration: 36 Months
Qualification: PhD
Location: Manchester
Career Prospects
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 36 Months
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Manchester
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- English literature and creative writing
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ