Postgraduate Study

The School enjoys a flourishing postgraduate life, and postgraduate students have always played an important role in the life of our School. At any one time there is a community of more than 50 students reading for either M.Litt. or Ph.D. degrees in English. Ph.D. students' work covers the broadest ranges within English, American and Commonwealth literature, while taught M.Litt. degrees include topics such as Creative Writing, Mediaeval English, Romanticism, Scottish Literature, Shakespeare Studies, and Women, Writing and Gender. The School encourages its students to pursue travel and conferences that can enrich their academic experience. In addition, postgraduates may act as research assistants, and research postgraduates in their second year may be invited to work as Teaching Assistants.

The School is particularly innovative in the disciplines of Creative Writing and Scottish Literature, and is also home to the Scottish Studies Centre. St Andrews is one of only two universities outside the USA in the Folger Institute consortium, and the international profile of the School is further enhanced by its editing of the journals Forum for Modern Language Studies and Romanticism. The School is also the editorial base of The Keats-Shelley Review, and The Thomas Hardy Journal. Given its status and reputation, the School places high value on the quality of work and prospective postgraduates are encouraged to read our notes on academic integrity.