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Study
You can study creative writing in UCC at undergrduate, postrgaduate and doctoral level.
Undergraduate Creative Writing
Our BA in English offers a variety of creative writing modules in second and third year. The modules are designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of creative writing early in their academic careers. Students who choose these modules will also explore key genres and modes of practice, fiction and poetry.
Learn more about the BA in English at the link below.
MA in Creative Writing
Our MA in Creative Writing programme is designed to enable writers develop their practice at a key stage in their development as writers. The programme offers core modules in fiction, poetry and memoir, while also offering a series of one-off workshops and lectures from contemporary writers and publishing industry professionals.
Engaging on a weekly basis with published authors and publishing professionals, the MA programme provides access to the thriving community of literary practice in Ireland. This masters in creative writing also affords you time to write; you will meet, develop your practice and study with peers on the same creative pathway as yourself.
Our MA programme is taught by leading Irish novelists, essayists and poets.
Learn more about UCC's MA Creative Writing at the link below.
PhD in Creative Writing
UCC is home to a thriving practice-based doctoral programme in Creative Writing, where PhD candidates in the discipline can write and research in a supportive, collegial environment. Supervised by our creative writing staff and academic researchers, UCC's PhD programme in Creative Writing offers students a chance to immerse themselves in rigourous research, where their writing is supported at all stages.
Our PhD scholars have received support and recognition from the Irish Research Council of Ireland and have gone on to publish their creative work, taking their place in the literary world. Writers who have completed their PhD at UCC include novelist Laura McKenna, whose historical novel Words to Shape My Name (2021) was published by New Island and shortlisted for The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award and Niamh Prior, whose novel Catchlights was published by John Murray Originals in 2022. Writers William Wall, Mary O'Donnell and Rita Kelly have completed PhDs in Creative Writing by Prior Publication.
Our PhD programme offers an extension in creative practice gained at Masters level, including undergraduate teaching so that our scholars are gaining experience as faciliators of creative wriitng at third level. We encourage potential candidates to make contact with Interim Director of Creative Writing Danny Denton at danny.denton@ucc.ie to discuss proposals for doctoral study and creative scholarship.