Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 24 months, 2-8 Years
- Language: English
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Bangor, United Kingdom
- Disciplines: Creative Writing
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.
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- TOEFL iBT: 85
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
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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Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International (Non-residents): 35,026 AUD / year (≈ 18,500 GBP / year)
- Domestic (Citizens or residents): 9,811 AUD / year (≈ 5,182 GBP / year)
Living costs
Bangor, United Kingdom: 1,250-2,158 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships Information
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Creative and Critical Writing.
You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.
- Deans Scholarship – Provided by university, Grant 6000 GBP, Deadline Anytime, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- Alumni scholarship – Provided by university, Grant 1000 GBP, Deadline Anytime, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship – Provided by university, Grant 30000 GBP, Deadline Not specified, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- International Scholarship – Provided by university, Grant 4000 GBP, Deadline Anytime, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- Heads of School Scholarship – Provided by university, Grant Various benefits, Deadline Not specified, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- Deans Scholarship - Postgraduate Research – Provided by university, Grant Various benefits, Deadline Not specified, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Research Scholarships – Provided by university, Grant Various benefits, Deadline 07 Jul 2027, Merit-based, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program – Independent provider, Grant Various benefits, Deadline 07 Oct 2026, U.S. government
- ServiceScape Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant 1000 USD, Deadline 30 Nov 2026, ServiceScape
- ACES Scholarships – Independent provider, Grant 3500 USD, Deadline 15 Nov 2026, ACES Education Fund
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility – Independent provider, Grant Various benefits, Deadline Not specified, Merit-based, OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
- Scholarships for PhD Students – Independent provider, Grant 19000 GBP, Deadline Not specified, Merit-based, Junhua Li
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant Various benefits, Deadline 28 Feb 2027, Merit-based, Boustany Foundation
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant 1000 USD, Deadline 31 Oct 2026, Merit-based, IvyPanda
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant 1000 USD, Deadline 01 Mar 2027, Voice Talent Online
- Women Scholarship for International Students – Independent provider, Grant 5000 USD, Deadline 28 Aug 2026, Merit-based, educations.com
- The PhD Prep Fellowship – Independent provider, Grant 10000 USD, Deadline 01 Sep 2026, Merit-based, Admit Lab
- Dream Chaser Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant 1000 USD, Deadline 13 Jan 2027, Merit-based, Salvado Law
- Scholarship for students with disabilities – Independent provider, Grant 3000 USD, Deadline 31 Dec 2026, Need-based, Anonymous Hope Fund
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids – Independent provider, Grant 22500 GBP, Deadline Not specified, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria – Independent provider, Grant Various benefits, Deadline 31 Dec 2026, Need-based, Leopold Figl Foundation
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship – Independent provider, Grant 1500 USD, Deadline Not specified, IELTS from 6 to 9
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme – Independent provider, Grant 12000 USD, Deadline 11 Jan 2027, The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
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