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Creative Writing

  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Leicester Campus
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2026-20272027-2028
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Course summary

Unleash your creativity and build a future in writing - if you’re passionate about creative writing, eager to refine your craft, and excited to explore new skills, this course is for you.

Our hands-on, workshop-based approach lets you develop your writing through drafting, revising, and constructive feedback in a supportive environment. You’ll also gain professional skills to confidently promote, present, and publish your work.

With an innovative thematic structure, you’ll experiment with diverse styles and forms while focusing on your creative ambitions. Each year includes a self-directed long project, allowing you to develop work that aligns with your interests.

  • Tailor your degree with a specialist route in Film Studies, History, Journalism, or Media, broadening your expertise and career options.

  • Enjoy immersive creative experiences, writing in museums, archives, and unique settings, enhancing your storytelling through real-world inspiration.

  • Build experience beyond the classroom by engaging with regional writing networks, spoken word events, and literary festivals like DMU’s States of Independence.

  • Our students have undertaken various placements, gaining valuable industry experience. This includes recent copywriting placements with Copify.

  • Graduates have gone on to a range of careers across various industries, such as academia, media, publishing and content creation. Alumni include members of the Romantic Novelists Association and co-founders of Wind&Bones - an independent publishing company with a focus on curating writing, storytelling and philosophy for social change projects.

Modules

Course Modules

First year
Block 1: Exploring Creative Writing
Block 2: Journeys and Places
Block 3: Multimodal Writing
Block 4: Shaping Ideas (year-long module)

Second year
Block 1: Writing Identity
Block 2: Exploring Work and Society
Block 3: Story Craft
Block 4: Word, Image, Sound (year-long module)

Third year
Block 1: Screentime
Block 2: Writing and Publishing
Block 3: Uncreative Writing
Block 4: Dissertation (year-long module)

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate-courses/creative-writing-ba-degree/creative-writing-ba-degree.aspx#what-you-will-study

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Leicester Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years
  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

Application codes

Institution code:
D26

De Montfort University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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Application codes

Institution code:
D26

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

104 UCAS points from at least two A-levels or equivalent

T Level
M

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 104

Access to HE Diploma
Merit: 30

Pass QAA Access to Higher Education course with at least 30 level 3 credits at Merit. We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 24

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Here at DMU we welcome all applications, no matter what your background. To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application we consider more than just your grades–we take into account any challenges that you may have faced in your education. Contextual Offers will be offered to candidates who are in receipt of Free School Meals, who are Care Experienced or who are deemed to live in areas of low HE participation neighbourhoods (POLAR Quintiles 1 & 2).

Learn more on the De Montfort University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£10050
EU & International£16800*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase.

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