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252 Master's degrees in Literature in United Kingdom
English Literature
The English Literature programme at the University of Lincoln examines the diversity and variety of the subject, and is designed to equip students with the high-level skills necessary for further research or career progression. Optional modules include period coverage from the Medieval period to the Renaissance to the contemporary moment.

English Literature - American Modern Literature
The English Literature - American Modern Literature programme of the University of Glasgow focuses on the American Literature of the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The required courses range across fields and genres including art history, film, ecocriticism, sociology, urban studies, travel writing, and music.
Modern Languages and Comparative Literatures
Modern Languages and Comparative Literatures from Birkbeck, University of London offers you the chance to explore the cultures of French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish and Latin American language-speaking areas.

English Literature (Online) (Part-time)
English Literature (Online) (Part-time) MA programme from Northumbria University means you have access to a wide range of resources, staff experience and scheduled online classes, while working from wherever you are in the world.

English Literary Studies (Postcolonial and World Literatures)
Explore postcolonialism and world literature with English Literary Studies (Postcolonial and World Literatures) MA programme at the University of Southampton.

Literature in the Creative and Cultural Industries
The Literature in the Creative and Cultural Industries MA course from the University of York offers a versatile and innovative approach to the study of literary production in the context of the wider cultural and creative industries.

Celtic and Gaelic
Whether you are interested in literature, language, history or culture, the Celtic and Gaelic programme at the University of Glasgow provide a supportive environment for postgraduate research.
Comparative Literature and Critical Translation
The Comparative Literature and Critical Translation from the University of Oxford is a nine-month, interdisciplinary course designed to give you critical, theoretical and research expertise in the intersecting fields of comparative and world literature and translation studies.
Ancient Literature and Thought
Explore a wide range of Greek and/or Latin texts on the Ancient Literature and Thought MA. The Classics and Ancient History department at the University of Warwick will provide you with an intensive introduction to literary theory through an interdisciplinary approach.
Children's Literature, Media and Culture (Erasmus Mundus)
The international Master’s degree programme in Children's Literature, Media and Culture (Erasmus Mundus) offered at Aarhus University explores the rapidly evolving fields of literature, media, and education with a specific focus on children and young adults.

English Literature: Modern and Contemporary Fictions
This English Literature: Modern and Contemporary Fictions M.A degree offered at the University of Westminster gives you the opportunity to study English literature in a modern university environment, while taking advantage of London's rich cultural life. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

Creative Writing (Distance Learning)
This Creative Writing (Distance Learning) from Teesside University is your opportunity to develop your writing practice at the times that work for you, wherever you are in the world.
Education (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature)
This Education (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature) course from the University of Cambridge thematic route concentrates on a wide range of fiction for children, including the "classics", texts for very young readers, international literature and novels for young adults.

Spanish
Pursue research you are passionate about. This Spanish programme from Newcastle University combines taught and research elements, allowing you to explore in depth a specific area of Spanish studies such as linguistics, Latin American culture and politics, the Spanish novel, or Latin American film.
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literary Culture
During the MLitt in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literary Culture at the University of St Andrews study one of the most exciting and formative periods in European history, centring on the key writer in the English literary tradition: William Shakespeare.
French Studies (Part-time)
The Graduate Diploma in French Studies (Part-time) at Birkbeck, University of London is ideal for those excited by the thought of studying French language, literature and culture at postgraduate level.

English Literature
Explore your passion for English Literature and writing. You can specialise in either, or both, creative writing or literary studies with the English Literature programme from Leeds Beckett University.
Literature and Arts
Literature and Arts is a two-year, part-time MSt degree from University of Oxford in interdisciplinary studies in literature and arts. The course takes place over four five-day residences and two online modules. You will select two options from each of three periods of British history.
Children's Literature
The academic study of children’s literature has developed over the past 30 years, and is now a recognised multidisciplinary field of enquiry. This Children's Literature programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, will enable you to explore the relationship between reader, writer, text and context, and consider the processes that underpin those interactions.

English Literature
This English Literature programme from Newcastle University allows you to work around your own research interests. It will prepare you for further research within and beyond academia.