79 PhD programmes in Creative Writing

The Humanities and Creative Writing programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University supports advanced inquiry into literature, culture, and artistic expression through interdisciplinary and critical approaches.

A PhD in Creative Writing at University of Nottingham is mainly made up of independent study, with supervision meetings spread throughout the year.

The Creative Writing programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in literary craftsmanship, narrative construction, and imaginative expression.

The English programme at University of Strathclyde covers all periods from the Renaissance to the present day. 

The Creative and Critical Writing programme offered by University of Sussex develops your creative writing skills while engaging with critical theory. Explore poetry, fiction and hybrid forms.

This is an innovative and exciting programme in which you focus on writing a full-length, literary novel of between 90,000 and 150,000 words. 

Our PhD Creative Writing programme at The University of Manchester gives you the opportunity to work on a significant piece of creative writing while developing your research skills.

The Creative Writing Research programme offered by King's College London develops original literary projects in fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction while fostering professional authorship and artistic practice.

The Creative Writing PhD at is an unrivalled graduate research degree from Monash University that brings big picture thinkers together with world-leading academics, field experts and sector partners to uncover the change that needs to be made in our world.

The Texts and Technology program at the University of Central Florida supports engagement with digital practices in dialectical, rhetorical, procedural, and critical-cultural fields.

This Creative Writing degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria.

Research in English and American Literatures, in which Creative Writing is situated, has a long and distinguished history at Keele University. 

Unlock your potential with a English and Creative Writing programme at the University of Chichester.

Theatre and Drama in the Department of Literature,Theatre Studies (Playwriting) at  University of Essex is led by a vibrant group of playwrights and theatre practitioners who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching.

This Poetry - Text, Practice as Research  programme from University of Kent enables promising poets to develop the potential of poetry as a tool of inquiry within the humanities. 

The Creative Writing programme offered by Durham University supports doctoral and master's research in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and hybrid literary forms.

Students admitted to Writing and Rhetoric Studies program at University of Utah enter an exciting environment of intellectual pursuit, where the exchange of ideas is vibrant. 

The English and Creative Writing degree at University of Roehampton aims to provide its research students with the opportunity to study in a stimulating, responsive, supportive environment, which fosters independent, critical thinking.

The Creative Writing programme at University of Strathclyde may suit those who wish to pursue a particular sustained project. 

One of the core values held by the University of New York in Prague is excellence in research. Offered at their partner, New York College Athens, in coordination with the University of Bolton, students will be able to earn their Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing.