Study English at Greenwich on a World Heritage Site with a rich cultural history. Take inspiration from London’s theatres, galleries, bookshops and literary events as part of your degree.
University of Greenwich hosts the Greenwich Book Festival annually with acclaimed writers, poets and illustrators including Michael Palin, Billy Bragg and Malorie Blackman OBE and an inspiring range of events for adults and families.
We offer degrees in English literature, English language, creative writing, and English language teaching. You’ll explore everything from fiction and poetry to playwriting and linguistics – opening doors to careers in writing for stage or screen, publishing, marketing, or language teaching.
Develop your understanding of the key concepts in applied linguistics. Build academic and professional skills for language-related careers, including TESOL.
Develop skills in literary analysis and use them to inform your own writing style with this degree in creative writing and English literature. Learn more.
Develop as a writer of poetry, fiction, drama and screenwriting with our BA in creative writing. Analyse the work of others to cultivate your writing style.
Study and produce creative works in every genre with our MA Creative Writing. Explore cultural contexts, research methods and London’s creative industries.
Gain experience in the performing arts and study the literature that has inspired great theatre with our drama and English literature degree. Learn more.
Explore how we acquire language and how we teach it with our BA English Language & English Language Teaching. Ideal for teaching English abroad. Learn more.
Learn to analyse language and develop new ways of reading and studying literary texts with our BA in English language and literature. Find out more.
Our English Literature degree with creative writing helps you use your skills in analysing texts to cultivate your own writing style. Learn more.
Our BA English Literature degree allows you to specialise in the study of poetry, prose, film and theatre, alongside many other disciplines. Learn more.
Study the literary imaginings of London from the time of Shakespeare to the present day with a Master’s in English focussing on Literary London. Read more.
Popular career options for graduates of our degrees include teaching, journalism, publishing, the media, arts administration, central or local government, and professional writing.
Do you run or belong to a book club in the university? Are you interested in starting one? Our libraries might be able to help you...
Humanities graduate and author Nina Stibbe, who received an honorary degree in 2018, talks about the support her lecturers gave her to pursue her dream of becoming a published writer.
Our riverside Greenwich Campus is surrounded by the greenery of Greenwich Park and is located close to central London.
