Postgraduate study

Study for your postgraduate degree at one of the largest most successful English departments in the UK. Our Masters and PhD opportunities allow you to explore the full breadth of literary and linguistic study, collaborating with world-leading experts in a thriving and interdisciplinary research environment.

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Taught courses 
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PhD study 
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Open days 
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International students 
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Our postgraduate community 

MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL

MA student Melissa Learn talks you through the MA in Applied Linguistics with TESOL at the University of Sheffield.

MA Applied Linguistics with TESOL

MA Creative Writing

Alex Marsh tells us why he enjoyed his MA in Creative Writing and about master classes with authors Kazuo Ishiguro and Karen Joy Fowler.

MA Creative Writing