UK MS and ME and Masters

MASTER’S IN LITERATURE IN THE UK

 

• The course offers its students an opportunity to learn and examine your ideas with professional academic and creative writers. This course helps you give access to many conferences, seminars, and workshops that are organized throughout the year. These events involve various thought-provoking topics of literature, language, and linguistics, cultural studies & creative writing. 

• The course aims upon providing the study of literature within its historical context and offers a range of opportunities for students to sharpen their theoretical and critical abilities required for the successful analysis and understanding of literary and historical sources. The students attempting the course will study significant authors of English literature like William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens

• The course in MA in English literature offers an exciting analysis of English Literature using texts from the ‘long 19th century’ to the current day. The degree aims at historic and contemporary textual representations of place, theoretical representations & practices of the genre, history, gender, space, and sexuality and their effects on constructions of identity. The course is taught by published researchers & writers that will also help you specialize in the fields of contemporary & historical literature in connection with further doctoral study

• One of the major aspects of the program is that it’s flexible. The course is available full-time as well as part-time and the modules can be taken independently which allows students to control the speed and depth of the postgraduate study

• Masters in Literature/English literature will land you jobs in sectors like Education, BPO/KPO, Publishing, Writing, Media, Theatre, and Advertising & Public Relations. Job positions in this area are Editor/Assistant Editor, Teacher, Translator, Academic Writer, Theatre Practitioner/Actor, Content Manager, Communications Manager, Product Manager, etc. The salaries offered to depend on the positions like Editor may get averagely around EUR 24000/ year; secondary school Teacher can get averagely EUR 35000/year while a content manager may get averagely EUR 27000/year. These are average base salaries and will increase depending on the skills and work experience 

 

• Some of the top Universities offering Masters in Literature in the UK

- University of Surrey ( MA in English Literature)

 - Queen Mary University of London (MA in English Literature, MA in English Literature & Culture, MA in English Literature – Modern & Contemporary, MA in English Literature – Postcolonial and Global Literature)

- University of Cambridge (MLitt in English Literature)

- University of Oxford (Masters in English Literature)

 - University of Sussex (MPhil in English)

- Newcastle University (MA in English Literature, MLitt in English Literature, MPhil in English Literature)

- University of Edinburgh (MScR in English Literature 1 & 2, MScR in English Literature – Scottish Literature, MScR in English Literature – Postcolonial Literature)

- King’s College London, University of London (MA in Early Modern English Literature – Text & Transmission)

- University of Manchester (MA in English Literature & American Studies)

- University of Birmingham (MA in Literature & Culture)

- University of Bristol (MA in English Literature, MPhil in English Literature)

- University of Warwick (MA in English Literature)

 - University of Glasgow ( MLitt in English Literature, MLitt in English Literature – Fantasy, MLitt in English Literature – American Modern Literature)

 

• General entry requirements for admission 

 

 

- The applicants must have a 1st class or upper 2nd class honors or equivalent degree in literature or a discipline related to literature like media or drama

 - Applicants who are falling short to meet the above requirements may be asked to determine their potential to achieve masters through a sample of academic writing and personal interview

 - English language test scores of IELTS/TOEFL/PTE

 - Transcripts of previous literature degree or other relevant subjects with official translations in English

 - Personal statement stating an understanding and interest in the relative field 

 - Reference letters from employers and professors

 - CV/Resume stating your academic details along with personal skills and work experience details. You may also be asked for a writing portfolio or sample of recent written work 

 - Copy of passport

 - Application fee varies with universities in the UK

   

Tuition fees and other expenses

 - The tuition costs for masters in literature in the UK for domestic/EU/EEA students are around EUR 9700 while for non-EU/international students the costs range from EUR 15000 to 18000 per year

 - Living costs for students in the UK may include hostel and meals that can cost around EUR 7500, transportation can cost up to EUR 850 alongwith personal expenses that can have a budget around EUR 800. Other necessary expenses like food, books, clothing, off-campus accommodation, visa fees, health insurance, and entertainment may vary with the living location, country, and standard of living (averagely around EUR 2500)

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