BA Creative Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) in English with Creative Writing. Core topics include Research Methods and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme offers a work placement module and a creative writing dissertation in the final year. Students may specialise in fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, digital writing, or speculative genres.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 104 tariff points from A levels or combination with Extended Project / BTEC / Cambridge Technical. A level: BCC including English Literature, English Language, English Language and Literature, Creative Writing or Drama at grade B or C. IB: 28 points with English Higher at 4.
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What students say
Based on about 13 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 97%
- Learning opportunities: 92%
- Assessment and feedback: 91%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 67%
- Learning resources: 89%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 7 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 45%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals: 5%
- Caring personal services: 5%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 7%
- South East: 72%
- South West: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Introduction to Writing Short Fiction
- Creative Non-Fiction: Starting From The Self
- Writing Back: Poetry, Image Voice
- Literature Now: Reading and Writing Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Make It New: Modernist Experimentation
- Agents of Change: Women’s Writing in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives
- Poetry, Freedom and Tradition: 1300 to the Present
- Experiments in Fiction: Magic, Detection, Sci Fi and Beyond
- Fiction for Children
- Fiction: Stories in Motion
- Work Placement
- Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries
- Reenchanting ‘the West’: Learning from Myth and Sacred Texts
- Fairy Tales: Early Modern to Postmodern
- Contemporary Short Fiction: Writing the Here and Now
- Digital Writing: Writing for the Community of Strangers
- Dissertation
- Making It Strange: Writing the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Modern Gothic Novel
- Unforgettable Corpses: Literature, Cultural Memory and the First World War
- Writing the Novel
- Fantasy Writing: Origins and Development
- Writing, Environment and Ecocriticism
- Fairy Tales: Early Modern to Postmodern
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Creative Writing at University of Chichester earn?
The median salary is £19,500 after 3 years, £23,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,500 and £27,000. The £23,500 median after five years is the same as the UK median for Creative writing.
What do graduates of BA Creative Writing at University of Chichester do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Creative Writing at University of Chichester?
97% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Creative Writing at University of Chichester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 114 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Creative Writing at University of Chichester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.