The MA in Creative Writing offered by the University of SurreyÊprovides a strong foundation to embark upon a career in writing, communications, publishing, marketing, advertising, journalism or teaching, or to undertake a PhD.

You will have access to a yearly calendar of events hosted at the University created to broaden your thinking, and develop your writing skills: events such as the Morag Morris Poetry Lecture, the annual Surrey New WritersÕ Festival, the Cultures in Contact research seminar, and the Surrey Poetry Festival.

Teaching is research-led, so you benefit from the individual expertise and passion of a vibrant, multidisciplinary group of published authors and academics, including our Poet in Residence and Distinguished Writer in Residence.

Our programme will build your confidence and technical ability in composing creative prose and/or poetry, while deepening your critical awareness of the cultural, literary and theoretical history of text production.

You will have access to a number of conferences, seminars and workshops hosted throughout the year. These events cover a range of topics to broaden your thinking in the fields of literature, language and linguistics, cultural studies and creative writing.

There may be opportunities to acquire valuable European experience byÊworking or conducting research abroad during your degree or shortly afterwards. It is possible to do this in the summer period with an Erasmus+ grant working on your dissertation or as a recent graduate. In order to qualify your Erasmus+ traineeship must be a minimum of two months.