Universities Ireland University College Dublin Courses MFA Creative Writing

MFA Creative Writing
at University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

Tuition Fee € 20,500
Country Rank-
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 7.5 TOEFL: 100

Program Overview

UCD offers two graduate courses in creative writing, an MA and MFA.

The MFA programme is a more advanced degree to the MA, and in some instances can follow on from the MA. It differs from the MA by being genre-specific. It also offers courses in creative writing pedagogy and the opportunity to avail of teaching experience on UCD’s undergraduate electives in Creative Writing. MFA students will also be part of a smaller cohort which offers very close supervision of a work in progress for the duration of an academic year. It is best suited to students who are working to complete a full-manuscript and have already taken courses in craft and/or related fields.

Develop your own writing skills under experienced tuition and supervision
Structural and line editing of the work in progress is a core component and class groups in this module are from two to four students
Taught by experienced, published staff of international reputation

Course Content
Core Modules Stage 1
- Creative Writing Workshop II
  CRWT40150
- Reading Like A Writer
  CRWT40260
- Line Editing I
  CRWT40280
- Line Editing II
  CRWT40290
- Final Project
  CRWT40300
Entry Requirement
This course is suited to students who have already acquired the skills associated with a full programme in creative writing [MA, M Phil Creative Writing, BFA, BA Creative Writing Major/Joint Major] or equivalent and have a work in progress to which they now wish to devote the greater part of an academic year with a view to offering that work for publication. Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 7.5 (no band less than 7.0 in each element), or equivalent.
Fees & Scholarships
Non-EU fees for academic year 2022/23 are:

€ 20,500
Career Prospect
Many graduates of the MFA in Creative Writing establish successful writing lives, several securing publishing contracts. MFA student Colin Barrett (2015) won the Guardian First Fiction Prize with Young Skins then went on to win both the Frank O'Conner International short story award and the Rooney Prize for Literature. 2015, has also seen the publication of novels by four of our recent graduates; Susan Stairs, The Boy Between; Paula McGrath, Generation; Andrea Carter, Death at Whitewater Church; Henrietta McKervey, What Becomes Of Us.

Cost Of Studying At University College Dublin

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MFA Creative Writing at University College Dublin