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At Sussex, we offer pioneering study of creative and critical writing:
- All our degrees provide the opportunity to develop your own creative writing with taught modules, independent study and tutorial advice.
- Faculty include professional authors and researchers of international standing.
- Tutors include practising novelists and poets.
Programmes
- PhD in Creative and Critical Writing
- MPhil in Creative and Critical Writing
For advice on research supervision within the creative and critical writing degrees at Sussex, we encourage prospective MPhil and PhD applicants to discuss their ideas with relevant faculty in the first instance. Also refer to English.
Entry requirements
- MPhil in Creative and Critical Writing
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UK entrance requirements
Students will normally have a Masters degree in a relevant subject.
Overseas entrance requirements
If you are an international student and wish to find out if you have the necessary qualifications for this degree, please refer to Overseas qualifications.
English language requirements
IELTS 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each section. Internet TOEFL with 95 overall, with at least 22 in Listening, 23 in Reading, 23 in Speaking and 24 in Writing.
For more information, refer to English language requirements.
- PhD in Creative and Critical Writing
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UK entrance requirements
Students will normally have a Masters degree in a relevant subject.
Overseas entrance requirements
If you are an international student and wish to find out if you have the necessary qualifications for this degree, please refer to Overseas qualifications.
English language requirements
IELTS 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each section. Internet TOEFL with 95 overall, with at least 22 in Listening, 23 in Reading, 23 in Speaking and 24 in Writing.
For more information, refer to English language requirements.
Visas and immigration
Find out more about Visas and immigration.
For more information about the admissions process at Sussex
For pre-application enquiries:
Student Recruitment Services
T +44 (0)1273 876787
E pg.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk
For post-application enquiries:
Postgraduate Admissions,
University of Sussex,
Sussex House, Falmer,
Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
T +44 (0)1273 877773
F +44 (0)1273 678545
E pg.applicants@sussex.ac.uk
Fees and funding
Fees
- MPhil in Creative and Critical Writing
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Home UK/EU students: £3,9001
Channel Island and Isle of Man students: £3,9002
Overseas students: £13,00031 The fee shown is for the academic year 2013.
2 The fee shown is for the academic year 2013.
3 The fee shown is for the academic year 2013.
- PhD in Creative and Critical Writing
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Home UK/EU students: £3,9001
Channel Island and Isle of Man students: £3,9002
Overseas students: £13,00031 The fee shown is for the academic year 2013.
2 The fee shown is for the academic year 2013.
3 The fee shown is for the academic year 2013.
To find out about your fee status, living expenses and other costs, visit further financial information.
Funding
The funding sources listed below are for the subject area you are viewing and may not apply to all degrees listed within it. Please check the description of the individual funding source to make sure it is relevant to your chosen degree.
To find out more about funding and part-time work, visit further financial information.
Faculty interests
Faculty research interests are briefly described below. For more detailed information, visit the School of English. Also refer to the English subject area.
Professor Peter Boxall Modern and contemporary fiction and drama.
Professor Nicholas Royle Modern literature and literary theory, especially deconstruction and psychoanalysis; the uncanny.
Dr Keston Sutherland Contemporary and 20th-century English and American poetry, Marxism and Frankfurt School critical theory.
Careers and perspectives
Our research graduates have gone on to careers in teaching, writing, publishing and the media.
For more information, visit Careers and alumni.
School and contacts
School of English
Over the last 30 years, English at Sussex has played a key role in shaping the direction of the discipline in Britain and throughout the world. The School of English offers you exciting potential for engaging with English as a world language and literature.
Professor Nicholas Royle,
Creative and Critical Writing,
School of English,
University of Sussex, Falmer,
Brighton BN1 9QN, UK
T +44 (0)1273 877396
E n.w.o.royle@sussex.ac.uk
Postgraduate Open Day 2013
4 December 2013, 1pm-4pm
Bramber House, University of Sussex
- talk to academic faculty and current postgraduate students
- subject talks and presentations on postgraduate study, research and funding
- choose from our exciting range of taught Masters and research degrees
- find out how postgraduate study can improve your career prospects
- get details of our excellent funding schemes for taught postgraduate study.
To register your interest in attending, visit Postgraduate Open Day.
Can’t make it to our Postgraduate Open Day? You might be interested in attending one of our Discover Postgraduate Study information sessions.
Discover Postgraduate Study information sessions
If you can’t make it to our Postgraduate Open Day, you’re welcome to attend one of our Discover Postgraduate Study information sessions. These are held in the spring and summer terms and enable you to find out more about postgraduate study and the opportunities Sussex has to offer.
Visit Discover Postgraduate study to book your place.
Other ways to visit Sussex
We run weekly guided campus tours every Wednesday afternoon, year round. Book a place online at Visit us and Open Days.
You are also welcome to visit the University independently without any pre-arrangement.