MLitt English Literature: Victorian Literature

This programme welcomes you to a lively intellectual and cultural scene, at a university ranked in the world’s top 50 for English Literature (QS World University Ranking by Subject 2019). You will study with world-class experts in Victorian literature whose interests range across many aspects of literature and culture. You will be able to draw on the extraordinary resources of Glasgow’s museums and libraries and have the opportunity to meet with visiting scholars from around the world.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• You will be taught by a team of highly qualified researchers and lecturers with an international reputation for research and teaching in Victorian literature.
• You will benefit from direct access to our outstanding holdings of Victorian primary and critical sources within our special collections and the Hunterian Gallery and Museum.
• We offer an exciting series of workshops tailored to research on Victorian topics, including tours of the university’s special collections, workshops on electronic resources, and field trips to sites of special interest such as the Murray Collection in the National Library of Scotland, Robert Owen’s New Lanark, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.

CAREER PROSPECTS

You will develop a wide range of skills sought by many employers, including:

• the ability to find, select and manage large quantities of information
• confident and persuasive oral and written communication
• problem solving through creative and critical thinking.

The programme also provides an excellent platform for PhD studies.