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Students
Tuition Fee
EUR 22,600
Start Date
Medium of studying
Duration
12 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Masters
Major
Creative Writing
Area of study
Arts
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
Average International Tuition Fee
EUR 22,600
About Program

Program Overview


The MFA Creative Writing program at UCD is a one-year, full-time program designed for advanced writers who seek to refine their skills under the guidance of renowned faculty. Through workshops, individual supervision, and immersion in literary events, students develop their writing ability, master pacing and structure, and explore the research process to enhance their work. The program boasts a strong record of successful graduates, with many securing publishing contracts and establishing thriving writing careers.

Program Outline


Degree Overview:

The MFA Creative Writing program at UCD is a more advanced degree than the MA, and in some instances can follow on from the MA. It is a full-time, one-year program designed for students who have already acquired the skills associated with a course in creative writing and have a work in progress to which they now wish to devote the greater part of an academic year with a view to offering that work for publication. The program aims to provide committed writers with taught classes on theories and practices of writing, presentation and editing techniques, creative reading of selected texts, and supervision of a major writing project. The program focuses on fiction in a small cohort, creating an upbeat and enabling learning environment.


Key Objectives:

  • Develop writing skills under experienced tuition and supervision.
  • Undertake structural and line editing of the work in progress.
  • Gain insight into the different sources and methods of research, with particular emphasis on the assimilation of same into the work in progress.
  • Master pacing, narrative coherence and ending.
  • Develop expertise in close editing and overall structuring a work of fiction.

Teaching:

  • The program is taught by experienced, published staff of international reputation.
  • The program emphasizes learning to read like writers.
  • Students receive close individual supervision in the progress and completion of their work in progress.

Careers:

  • Many graduates of the MFA in Creative Writing establish successful writing lives, several securing publishing contracts.
  • The program has a strong track record of producing successful writers, including award-winning authors and published novelists.

Other:

  • UCD is associated with some of Ireland’s greatest writers, including James Joyce, Flann O’Brien, Mary Lavin, Anthony Cronin, Maeve Binchy, John McGahern, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Colm Tóibín, Hugo Hamilton, Joseph O’Connor, Emma Donoghue and many others.
  • The distinguished playwright, Frank McGuinness, is Professor of Creative Writing, and internationally acclaimed novelist, Colm Tóibín is Adjunct Professor.
  • A visiting writer programme brings all graduate students into contact with some of Ireland’s finest writers as well as literary agents and publishers.
  • Every year a writer in residence provides a workshop and individual direction to students.
  • Both MA and MFA students can also gain experience in the editing and production of the programme’s Creative Writing journal HCE, and participate in the UCD-based Associated Writing Programmes’ (Ireland) annual conference.

  • EU fee per year - € 10100
  • nonEU fee per year - € 22600
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