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English Literature, DPhil, PhD

University of Birmingham, the United Kingdom

University of Birmingham

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The award How you will study Study duration Course start Domestic course fees International course fees
DPhil, PhDPart-time6 - 7 yearsSeptemberGBP 2090 per yearfind out
DPhil, PhDFull-time3 - 4 yearsSeptemberGBP 4180 per yearGBP 15210 per year

About English Literature, DPhil, PhD - at University of Birmingham

The PhD - the most advanced research degree - leads to a dissertation of up to 80,000 words on a subject of your choice and under the expert supervision of an academic member of staff.

The department fosters a range of connections with local partners such as the Library of Birmingham, the largest municipal library in Europe, and the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, itself part of the wider School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies. Our principal areas of research expertise include Medieval English (for example, Old English, Chaucer, Langland, Lollard writing, Reformation writing and medievalist writers such as Tolkien ); Early Modern English (for example, Daniel, Donne, Johnson, Marlowe, Middleton, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton); Restoration, 18th century and the Romantics (for example, Swift, Goldsmith, Johnson, Wordsworth, Pope); and 19th and 20th century research (for example, Hardy, Wilde, James, Conrad, Woolf, T. S. Eliot,, Ballard, DeLillo, Coetzee).

Entry requirements

Students need to have an IELTS score of 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band.

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