Postgraduate Study in the School of English
We have a thriving postgraduate community at Sheffield, including all the students and staff involved in the diverse MA programmes and PhD projects ongoing in the School.
The School offers an exciting range of Master's degrees, which combine cutting-edge academic research with a supportive, friendly research environment. We also offer PhD programmes in English Language and Linguistics, English Literature and Theatre and Performance.
Our staff are internationally recognised in the different fields represented by our taught postgraduate programmes. You can find out more about our research expertise here:
We combine world-leading teaching and supervision with top-class facilities and support for all our postgraduate students.
Taught postgraduate courses can be followed either full-time (for one year) or part-time (over two years) and most involve a combination of core and optional modules, research training, and a dissertation or extended research project.
Taught postgraduate courses can be followed either full-time (for one year) or part-time (over two years) and most involve a combination of core and optional modules, research training, and a dissertation or extended research project.
Resources and Research Culture
The School is based in Jessop West, an eco-friendly building at the heart of the University campus. It houses staff offices, work stations for postgraduate students, teaching spaces, a well-resourced DVD library, an exhibition space, and a cafe on the ground floor, which is a useful meeting place for our postgraduates. Nearby, the School has a professionally equipped studio space, the Theatre Workshop.
The University Library subscribes to the major databases and peer-reviewed journals, and there is a regular free minibus to the British Library’s depository at Boston Spa. We also have strong links with Sheffield’s museums and theatres, contacts which we use in our research and teaching.
The School is proud of its lively and open research culture, and we encourage all our postgraduates to participate in the many reading groups, research seminars, and academic conferences which are regularly held here.
ScholarshipsThe University of Sheffield have a wide range of scholarships available to postgraduate applicants. Further information on these is available here: http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships The deadline for funding applications is normally around December each year and you will need to be holding an offer from us to be eligible to apply for funding. |
Visit us to Talk Things OverThe University holds a number of postgraduate open days and other opportunities to find out more about postgraduate study at Sheffield. |