School of Literature (Postgrad)
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Annual tuition fees
Duration
1 YearsIntakes
Oct, JanList of Programs
- MA Literature
- MA Wild Writing: Literature, Landscape and the Environment
- MA American Literatures
- MA Audiovisual and Literary Translation
- MA Creative Writing
- MA Film and Literature
- MA Literature and Creative Writing
- MA Modern and Contemporary Literature
Requirements
Academic Requirements
We will consider all applicants with 2:2 or above, or equivalent international qualifications. For some courses, there may be additional requirements.
Egypt: The majority of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with 65% (Good)/CGPA 2.75 from American University of Cairo from Bachelor degree.
English Tests Requirements
TOEFL-IBT
8888 overall with minimum
component
scores:
Listening: 17
Reading: 18
Writing: 24
Speaking: 20
IELTS
76.5 overall with minimum
component
scores:
Listening: 5.5
Reading: 5.5
Writing: 6.0
Speaking: 5.5
PTE Pearson
5858 overall with minimum component
scores:
Listening: 42
Reading: 42
Writing: 50
Speaking: 42
About Faculty
Be inspired by a literary legacy
As a well-established home to practising poets, novelists and critics, we have a reputation for nurturing the most radical writers and thinkers. Our concerns are local and global: as readers and writers, we adopt a comparative method as we traverse near and faraway places, discovering new modes of writing and reconsidering classics. You’ll be part of an interdisciplinary department specialising in literature, creative writing, theatre, film and journalism.
We offer MA Literature and MA American Literatures, but if you would rather a joint honours we also offer MA Film and Literature and MA Translation and Literature.
Learn about our teaching and assessment plans, in light of the pandemic, for the 2020/21 academic year on the department pages.
- You will explore connections with other art forms alongside world-renowned scholars, poets, dramatists, story-tellers and novelists
- Discover an extensive range of world literature across time, geography and genre
- We have an impressive literary legacy. Our history of staff and students have been Nobel Prize winners, Booker Prize winners and Pulitzer Prize winners
Top Reasons to Study in University of Essex
- Central London is easily accessible from all of our campuses.
- Essex is top 40 in the UK (Complete University Guide 2023)
- 88% of our graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2022)
- Our student body represents over 140 nationalities and supports over 30 different cultural societies
Ranking & Accreditation of University of Essex
Latest Rankings
- We are Top 40 in the UK (The Complete University Guide 2023)
- Our Students’ Union is 7th in the National Student Survey 2022 for representing students (Broad discipline English universities)
- Number one university in the UK for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), the flagship Innovate UK programme.
- We’re 76th in the global Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022 and ranked in the top 25 globally for three of the UN Sustainable Development Goals assessed.
- Top for Drama and Dance (The Guardian University Guide 2022)
- 25th for international outlook in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022.
- Top 50 for politics and sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
- Top 75 for social sciences and law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022.
- Top 200 for business and economics in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022
- Top 175 for the arts and humanities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022.
- 88% of our graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2022)
Student Accommodation at University of Essex
A Wide range of accommodation options for students to choose from, depending on what you need.
- The Towers
- South Courts
- The Houses
- The Meadows
- University Quays
- The Copse
Cost of the accommodation: 110-280 GBP/week
Cost of living: 6000 – 7000 GBPweek
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