BA Creative Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) in Creative Writing BA (Hons), focusing on textual production and critical theory. The final year concludes with a substantial creative writing project.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 19 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 86%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 86%
- Student voice: 94%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 220 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 39%
- South East: 39%
- South West: 5%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Access course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Acts of Writing
- Autumn Writing Workshop
- Critical Approaches
- Radical Theory
- Spring Writing Workshop
- Writing in Action
- Advanced Writing Workshop: Process
- From Editing to Publishing: Gift Economies & Going Pro
- Advanced Writing Workshop: Technique
- History and Practice of Songwriting
- Word & Image
- Writing Fiction
- Arts and Lifestyle Journalism
- From Papyrus to Pixel
- History of English
- Life Story
- Queer Brighton and Sussex: Histories, Heritage, and Aesthetics
- Screenwriting
- Writing Poetry
- Creative Writing Project
- Fantasy
- Longform Journalism and Non-Fiction Writing
- Serial Fictions
- Video Games: Writing, World-Building
- Virginia Woolf
- Writing Race, Gender, and the Social: Experiments Beyond Representation
- Championing Literacy Placement
- Decolonial Literature, Politics, Writing
- Queer Fictions
- Something Else! Writing Adaptations & Transmedia Stoytelling
- Sussex Modernism
- Writing the Environment
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Creative Writing at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £23,000 after 3 years, £28,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £28,500 median after five years is £5,000 more than the UK median for Creative writing.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Creative Writing at University of Sussex?
86% 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 Sussex?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 114 UCAS points.
Does BA Creative Writing at University of Sussex include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Creative Writing at University of Sussex?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.