Master of Arts in Writing for Young People

A one year master degree in writing for children and teenagers, covering voice and age range, plotting for young readers, publishing routes and a substantial manuscript.

Bath Spa has an established reputation in this field, and it pairs naturally with the children’s publishing master the university also runs.

Master of Arts in Writing for Young People is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the writing for young people master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the writing for young people master, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the writing for young people master plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the writing for young people master does not support a family move.

Candidates for Master of Arts in Writing for Young People present a completed bachelor degree at 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 7.0 with no band below 6.0, and tuition for the writing for young people master is recorded at GBP 19,390. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the writing for young people master. The writing for young people master lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the writing for young people master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.