- Level
- Undergraduate
- Duration
- 3 years full-time 4 years with placement year or study abroad
- Mode
- Full-time
- Subject
- Creative Writing
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Next intake
- SEP 2025
Overview
Embark on our creative writing degree and from the very start you’ll study and practise the art and craft of writing in a wide range of established and new forms, from prose fiction, screenwriting and poetry, to digital art, spoken word and writing for computer games. You'll also focus on how writers read texts, how we can learn from them and how to add your own voice into the ongoing conversation of literature. You’ll learn from award-winning, leading poets, novelists and scriptwriters at the renowned Manchester Writing School – writers who know what it takes to turn a flash of inspiration in
Entry requirements
| UCAS Tariff points | 104–112 UCAS points |
|---|---|
| A levels | BCC · or equivalent |
| BTEC | DMM · BTEC National Extended Diploma |
| Access to HE Diploma | Pass overall with a minimum 106 |
| GCSE | C/4 · Subjects: English Language |
| International Baccalaureate | 26 · overall or 104 U |
English language requirements
| IELTS | 6.0 overall, no part below 5.5 |
|---|
IELTS score required for international students 6.0 overall with no individual element below 5.5 There’s further information for international students on our international website if you’re applying with non-UK
Fees
International students: £20,000 per year
UK students: £9,535 per year
UK/Home: £9,535 per year
International: £20,000 per year
Start dates
September 2025
Application deadline
UCAS equal consideration deadline at 6:00pm UK time.
Campus
- Manchester, United Kingdom
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