Overview

Key facts

Experiment with long and short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, new media and script.

Workshop your writing and learn essential skills for drafting and revising your work.
Connect with diverse audiences through your writing.
Kickstart your career with accredited work placements.
Develop your skills as a writer and content creator in a variety of media. You’ll be supported by our expert team of leading practitioners, with regular visits from industry professionals, such as editors and publishers. By developing technical skills while learning to express your creative flair, you’ll graduate with the skills and contacts you’ll need to thrive as a writer.

Future careers

Studying the Creative Writing (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam University develops written and oral communication skills, as well as the ability to understand different audiences and frame a persuasive argument.The students have gone on to exciting careers in:

creative industries, such as theatre and media
teaching and education
journalism
the charity sector
arts organisations
marketing, PR and communications
local and regional government
social work
postgraduate study and academia

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Being A Writer

Craft And Form

Writing For The Screen

Writing Live

A Fine Line: Poetry And Poetics

Half Hour Script

Ideas Into Action

Truth, Half-Truth And Lies: Creative Non-Fiction

What's The Story? Long And Short Fiction

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Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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IELTS

7

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 285 other Bachelors in Creative Writing in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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IELTS

7

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Other requirements

General requirements

UCAS points

112

This must include at least 2 A Levels or equivalent BTEC qualifications. For example:

BBC at A Level.

DMM in BTEC Extended Diploma.

A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and general studies.

GCSE

English Language or English Literature at grade C or 4

Access - at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18000 GBP / year

≈ 18000 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

9790 GBP / year

≈ 9790 GBP / year

Living costs

Sheffield

United Kingdom

555 - 977 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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