At the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, we specialise in the development of writing talent across 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 be taught by writers who are experts in their field - award-winning poets, novelists, screenwriters and content creators. You will be a part of a stimulating, vibrant, highly supportive culture.
By studying BA (Hons) Creative Writing you will develop a distinctive and powerful voice, and acquire a close understanding of the craft of writing. You will be challenged to work across a range of forms, to develop stories and creative projects across diverse media, and to take your work into the world.
You will cultivate advanced creative and critical abilities, the capacity to self-motivate, collaborate, pitch ideas, develop complex multi-factor projects and transmit these to a range of audiences. Upon graduation you’ll have a desirable and highly flexible range of subject-specific and transferable skills – the key to a successful career and a lifetime of creativity.
Features and Benefits
You’ll learn from the experience and expertise of a wide range of leading poets, novelists and scriptwriters based at The Manchester Writing School, one of the largest and one of the most successful of its kind in the UK.
Ranked in the top 15 universities in the UK for creative writing (Complete University Guide 2025).
Staff include award-winning poets and writers, including winners of the Costa First Novel Award, the Forward Prize and the Ted Hughes Award.
You’ll have access to the many conferences, readings, research programmes, festivals and competitions run by the department.
We’ll help you build your own network among our many partners within the creative and culturally rich, UNESCO City of Literature, Manchester.
You can take the four-year route, spending a year studying overseas, or boost your career prospects with a placement in industry.
We are a world-class English department - 70% of our research impact is rated as world-leading (REF21).
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Manchester Metropolitan University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
GCSE grade C/4 in English Language or Level 2 Functional Skills English pass
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