Overview

If you take this Creative and Critical Writing PhD course at Bangor University you will experience:

One-to-one teaching and supervision by established writers and academics.
The opportunity to develop your own specific interests, working in the genre and style of your choice.
The flexibility to study on a full or part-time basis.
The opportunity to develop an awareness of your own writing and writing processes through combining creative and critical work, preparing you for a future career in writing or as an academic.

Careers

This course prepares you for a career in higher education, as well as in publishing, arts administration, media research, and a range of related careers. This course fully prepares you for a future career as a writer and as an academic.

Students also have the opportunity to follow a range of training programmes offered through the University that significantly enhance their chances of finding work in the field of their choice.

A number of recent or existing creative writing students have successfully published collections of poems or short stories that have arisen from their studies here at Bangor.

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Programme Structure

Structure:

Your creative work on this course will be accompanied by a critical commentary, which should be mainly focused on exploring some idea, topic, genre, theme, writer or group of writers that has a relationship with the creative work being undertaken.
Researching this element will ensure a good knowledge of current literary concerns. The critical commentary should include a section in which you discuss your own work and the ways in which it relates to the literary texts you have discussed. The major component of the PhD is the creative element, which the critical commentary is intended to support.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-06-30 00:00:00
Starting 2025-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-10-31 00:00:00

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Applications are accepted throughout the year, but we generally advise you to apply by the end of June (September intake) / end of October (January intake)

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

85

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 59 other PhDs in Creative Writing in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

85

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Other requirements

General requirements

A first class or a good second-class degree. In many cases PhD applicants have studied to MA level, though this is not compulsory. Students without an MA are required to follow the research training module offered by the school.
We are able to accept some students on a distance-learning basis, but they should have already acquired the skills taught in the introductory seminars, or should make arrangements to attend equivalent seminars at another institution, at their own expense.
Potential students should submit a writing sample of approximately 3,000 words with their application in the case of prose fiction, or a sample of ten poems.

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Tuition Fee

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International

16500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 16500 GBP per year during 24 months.
National

4712 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Bangor

660 - 1140 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Delivered

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

Student insurance

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fee

International

National

Living costs for Bangor

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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