The UB English Department is the home of the Poetics Program, the Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture, as well as interdisciplinary affiliations with the UB Humanities Institute, the Center for Disability Studies and Techne: Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies. Students may also coordinate their study with a Certificate in Innovative Writing, as well as in other certificate programs at UB.

The Masters program offers an affordable degree in one of the most affordable cities in the US, with a varied and vibrant intellectual and artistic scene that includes such mainstays as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Shea’s Performing Arts Center as well as more experimental venues such as Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and Squeaky Wheel. There are also over twenty theater companies.