MLitSt Literature and Creative Writing
University of EssexMLitSt Literature and Creative Writing Master of Literature with Honours – MLit (Hons) is a postgraduate degree at University of Essex, based in Colchester, taught full-time over 4 years. Typical A-level entry is ABB - BBB.
A-Level Entry
ABB - BBB
Typical offer · UCAS
UCAS Points
120 - 128 points
Typical offer · UCAS
About this course
Explore the urge to create and build new worlds, to share language and stories with others. On our course you will reflect on how literature shapes, and is shaped by the world, as well as honing the craft of writing through a multi-genre approach.
Drawing on key texts and ideas, you’ll develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills that will help you to make your own mark. To develop your own creative writing, we offer an unusual approach to the practice of writing, combing innovative and traditional methods in order to develop your writing skills and abilities to judge your work critically, while expanding your knowledge across different modes and genres.
On our four-year MLitSt Literature and Creative Writing, you will be part of an interdisciplinary department and well-established home to practising poets, dramatists, novelists and critics.
You have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of optional modules across different topics and areas of specialism.
Entry Requirements
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Master of Literature with Honours – MLit (Hons)
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 4 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Colchester
- Scheme
- Postgraduate
- Subjects
- English literature and creative writing
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ