48 monthsProgramme duration
17,520 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jun, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Study English literature from Shakespeare to the latest contemporary fiction and popular culture, via classic works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. You'll learn about their cultural-historical contexts and their function in society, within wider theoretical frameworks. You'll study English from exciting interdisciplinary perspectives and benefit from your lecturers' and tutors' deep literary knowledge and expertise.
Edinburgh is a vibrant city with a rich literary heritage, offering and excellent learning environment and lots of world-leading cultural events, such as the International Book Festival. You'll have an opportunity to study abroad through our exchange programmes.
The course provides the opportunity to study at a partner university overseas, or take a work placement in industry.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries and beyond.
You’ll learn about major genres and critical issues within English studies, including:
Shakespeare to modern drama Poetry from the Romantic age to the present Graphic novels, children's literature, cultural heritage Scottish, Irish, and American literatures Modernist, post-colonial, and environmental literatures and film Literary and cultural theories about class, gender, money and power
Modules in Year 2 an 3 include options in creative writing.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries, in the public sector and beyond and beyond, for example in management or politics. This course aims to develop a broad knowledge of the relationships between literature, culture and the modern world. By the end of the course you'll be able to engage in informed and critical readings of literature and to understand the contexts within which works of literature are produced.
This is a full-time course studied over four years. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and independent study.
Module choices in creative writing allow you to apply your understanding of literature to your own creative work.
Edinburgh is a vibrant city with a rich literary heritage, offering and excellent learning environment and lots of world-leading cultural events, such as the International Book Festival. You'll have an opportunity to study abroad through our exchange programmes.
The course provides the opportunity to study at a partner university overseas, or take a work placement in industry.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries and beyond.
You’ll learn about major genres and critical issues within English studies, including:
Shakespeare to modern drama Poetry from the Romantic age to the present Graphic novels, children's literature, cultural heritage Scottish, Irish, and American literatures Modernist, post-colonial, and environmental literatures and film Literary and cultural theories about class, gender, money and power
Modules in Year 2 an 3 include options in creative writing.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries, in the public sector and beyond and beyond, for example in management or politics. This course aims to develop a broad knowledge of the relationships between literature, culture and the modern world. By the end of the course you'll be able to engage in informed and critical readings of literature and to understand the contexts within which works of literature are produced.
This is a full-time course studied over four years. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and independent study.
Module choices in creative writing allow you to apply your understanding of literature to your own creative work.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Study English literature from Shakespeare to the latest contemporary fiction and popular culture, via classic works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. You'll learn about their cultural-historical contexts and their function in society, within wider theoretical frameworks. You'll study English from exciting interdisciplinary perspectives and benefit from your lecturers' and tutors' deep literary knowledge and expertise.
Edinburgh is a vibrant city with a rich literary heritage, offering and excellent learning environment and lots of world-leading cultural events, such as the International Book Festival. You'll have an opportunity to study abroad through our exchange programmes.
The course provides the opportunity to study at a partner university overseas, or take a work placement in industry.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries and beyond.
You’ll learn about major genres and critical issues within English studies, including:
Shakespeare to modern drama Poetry from the Romantic age to the present Graphic novels, children's literature, cultural heritage Scottish, Irish, and American literatures Modernist, post-colonial, and environmental literatures and film Literary and cultural theories about class, gender, money and power
Modules in Year 2 an 3 include options in creative writing.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries, in the public sector and beyond and beyond, for example in management or politics. This course aims to develop a broad knowledge of the relationships between literature, culture and the modern world. By the end of the course you'll be able to engage in informed and critical readings of literature and to understand the contexts within which works of literature are produced.
This is a full-time course studied over four years. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and independent study.
Module choices in creative writing allow you to apply your understanding of literature to your own creative work.
Edinburgh is a vibrant city with a rich literary heritage, offering and excellent learning environment and lots of world-leading cultural events, such as the International Book Festival. You'll have an opportunity to study abroad through our exchange programmes.
The course provides the opportunity to study at a partner university overseas, or take a work placement in industry.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries and beyond.
You’ll learn about major genres and critical issues within English studies, including:
Shakespeare to modern drama Poetry from the Romantic age to the present Graphic novels, children's literature, cultural heritage Scottish, Irish, and American literatures Modernist, post-colonial, and environmental literatures and film Literary and cultural theories about class, gender, money and power
Modules in Year 2 an 3 include options in creative writing.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries, in the public sector and beyond and beyond, for example in management or politics. This course aims to develop a broad knowledge of the relationships between literature, culture and the modern world. By the end of the course you'll be able to engage in informed and critical readings of literature and to understand the contexts within which works of literature are produced.
This is a full-time course studied over four years. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and independent study.
Module choices in creative writing allow you to apply your understanding of literature to your own creative work.
Admission Requirements
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104+
56+
6+
4+
169+
Minimum Year 1 Scottish Higher
Standard Entry Requirement: ABBB including English or literary subject. Minimum Offer Entry Requirement: BBBC including English or literary subject. You may be given an Offer of entry if you meet our specified minimum entry requirements within our widening participation criteria, and outlined in our Contextual Admissions Policy. For further information, see our entry requirements and admissions policies.
A Level
BBC including English or literary subject. Irish Leaving Certificate
H2, H2, H2, H3 at HL including English or literary subject. HNC
Pass HNC in Media and Communications, Creative Industries: Media and Communication, Practical Journalism or Creative Industries: Television with grade B in the graded unit. BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in a related subject, plus A Level English or literary subject at Grade C. BTEC (QCF) National Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades D*D* (Distinction*, Distinction*) in a related subject, plus A Level English or literary subject at Grade C. International Baccalaureate Diploma
Award of Diploma with 29 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6,5,5 including English or literary subject. T Level
Grade Merit T Level must be completed in a English/literary subject or A Level English/literary subject may be required. Please contact [email protected] to check if you meet the subject specific requirements. *Literary subjects: Modern Studies, History, Psychology, RMPS, Latin, Sociology, Theology, Media Studies, Politics, Classics, Philosophy, Geography, A Level Government and Politics, A Level Classical Civilisation, A Level Drama
Standard Entry Requirement: ABBB including English or literary subject. Minimum Offer Entry Requirement: BBBC including English or literary subject. You may be given an Offer of entry if you meet our specified minimum entry requirements within our widening participation criteria, and outlined in our Contextual Admissions Policy. For further information, see our entry requirements and admissions policies.
A Level
BBC including English or literary subject. Irish Leaving Certificate
H2, H2, H2, H3 at HL including English or literary subject. HNC
Pass HNC in Media and Communications, Creative Industries: Media and Communication, Practical Journalism or Creative Industries: Television with grade B in the graded unit. BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in a related subject, plus A Level English or literary subject at Grade C. BTEC (QCF) National Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades D*D* (Distinction*, Distinction*) in a related subject, plus A Level English or literary subject at Grade C. International Baccalaureate Diploma
Award of Diploma with 29 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6,5,5 including English or literary subject. T Level
Grade Merit T Level must be completed in a English/literary subject or A Level English/literary subject may be required. Please contact [email protected] to check if you meet the subject specific requirements. *Literary subjects: Modern Studies, History, Psychology, RMPS, Latin, Sociology, Theology, Media Studies, Politics, Classics, Philosophy, Geography, A Level Government and Politics, A Level Classical Civilisation, A Level Drama
30 Jun 2026
4 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
1,820 GBP
International
17,520 GBP
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