MPhil

English

Key Facts

Course Code Q3550

  • Qualification

    MPhil

  • Course duration

    1 year

Available for September start 2025

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The Department of English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University provides an excellent environment for postgraduate study, research, and creative work. The main University library is well stocked with standard texts and critical works on a very wide range of topics. The National Library of Wales, adjacent to the campus, is one of the UK’s five copyright libraries, holding one of the most extensive collections of books and manuscripts in Europe.

As a department that values a stimulating research ethos highly, we place great emphasis on the provision of high-quality teaching, supervision and facilities for our postgraduate community. As a result, our postgraduate community is dynamic and thriving. It is very pleasing to note that our graduates secure employment in teaching, academia, publishing, and various other professional fields.

Typical Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent, and submission of a satisfactory writing portfolio. .

English Language Requirements IELTS 7.5 with minimum 7.5 in each component

Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal and a portfolio of previous writing examples at the point of application

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Course Overview

We welcome enquiries and proposals for MPhil study in all periods of literature in English, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The Department's strengths include:

  • Medieval Literature
  • Restoration and C18th Literature
  • Romantic Literature
  • Victorian Fiction
  • C19th and C20th American Literature
  • Modernism
  • Postmodernism
  • Contemporary Poetry and Fiction
  • Women's Writing
  • Children's Literature
  • Welsh Writing in English
  • Irish Writing
  • Literary Geography
  • Gothic Literature and Ghost Stories
  • Postcolonial Literature (especially African Literature)
  • Ethnic American Literatures
  • Literary Theory (especially Ecocriticism, Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Marxism, New Historicism, Psychoanalysis, Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism).

Modules September start - 2025

Please note: The modules listed below are those currently intended for delivery during the next academic year and may be subject to change. They are included here to give an indication of how the course is structured.

Core

Module Name Module Code Credit Value

Options

Module Name Module Code Credit Value
Principles of Research Design PGM0210 10
Ways of Reading PGM0410 10
Ways of Working PGM1810 10

* Also available partially or entirely through the medium of Welsh