English literature degrees

439 courses at 74 UK universities offer English literature for 2027 entry: most ask for between 96 and 120 UCAS points; 101 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 379, MA (Hons) 56, LLB (Hons) 2, BA/BSc (H) 1
Study full-time 430, part-time 9

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing English literature with another subject.

• creative writing 57
• history 41
• English language 34
• philosophy 20
• drama 17
• film studies 14
• media and communication studies 12
• modern languages 11
• education studies 9
• French studies 8

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• Q3 English studies 140
• Q2 comparative literature 7
• W8 creative writing 7
• R9 other European languages 5
• P3 media studies 3
• X1 teacher training 3
• L9 other social studies 2

Universities

• University of Glasgow 36
• Lancaster University 30
• University of Essex 30
• Swansea University 21
• The University of Edinburgh 15
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 12
• Bangor University 11
• Oxford Brookes University 11
• Royal Holloway, University of London 11
• University of Liverpool 11
• University of Reading 11
• Liverpool Hope University 10
• University of Southampton 10
• Aberystwyth University 9
• Anglia Ruskin University 9
• Cardiff University 9
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 9
• University of Manchester 9
• University of Portsmouth 9
• Lincoln Bishop University 8
• University of East Anglia UEA 8
• University of Westminster, London 8
• University of Worcester 8
• Bath Spa University 7
• University of Leeds 7
• University of St Andrews 7
• York St John University 6
• Keele University 5
• Nottingham Trent University 5
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 4
• De Montfort University 4
• Open University 4
• University Centre Farnborough 4
• University of Huddersfield 4
• University of Lincoln 4
• University of Sheffield 4
• University of Surrey 4
• University of Winchester 4
• Leeds Beckett University 3
• University of Chichester 3
• University of Greenwich 3
• University of Leicester 3
• Birkbeck, University of London 2
• Birmingham City University 2
• Durham University 2
• Edge Hill University 2
• Loughborough University 2
• Newcastle University 2
• Queen Mary University of London 2
• St Mary's University, Twickenham 2
• University Centre Peterborough 2
• University of Brighton 2
• University of Chester 2
• University of Gloucestershire 2
• University of Kent 2
• University of Nottingham 2
• University of Roehampton 2
• University of Salford 2
• University of Sussex 2
• Aston University, Birmingham 1
• Birmingham Newman University 1
• Bristol, UWE 1
• Burnley College 1
• Coventry University 1
• King's College London, University of London 1
• London Metropolitan University 1
• NPTC Group 1
• UCL (University College London) 1
• Ulster University 1
• University of Buckingham 1
• University of Hull 1
• University of Lancashire 1
• University of Warwick 1
• West Suffolk College 1

Courses

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