Postgraduate study
How to Apply
The best way to apply for admission to a taught programme or a research programme is online, by going to Postgraduate Study/Essential Information.
Your application must be supported by documentary evidence of entry qualifications (including English language where appropriate), academic transcripts and sealed references.
You are strongly advised to send your documents, including transcripts and sealed references, as soon as you make your online application. A decision about your application cannot be made until your supporting documents have been received.
You can go to Postgraduate Study, Essential Information for copies of the application forms.
Applying for a taught programme
In addition to your transcripts and sealed references, the Department of English and Drama requires submission of a personal statement as well as a sample of written work before we are able to consider your application. Your sample of written work needs to be around 2,000 to 4,000 words and can be about any subject. It might, perhaps, be appropriate for you to submit an assignment you've completed as part of your final year as an undergraduate, but the choice is entirely up to you. Please submit something that clearly demonstrates your writing skills.
For further information and advice please contact Caroline Flynn-Ryan, Email: c.j.flynn-ryan@lboro.ac.uk
Alternatively, for general information about applying for a taught programme, you can visit the Postgraduate Admissions Office.
Applying for a research programme
When you apply for a research degree you will be required to describe your proposed area of research. This should give the title of your research, the degree for which it is intended, and a description of your topic (300-700 words). In this description you should include: the basic question that forms the core of your enquiry; a summary of the overall scope of your topic; some information on the methods/approach/theory you will adopt; a set of chapter headings, with a short outline of each chapter's likely content; a bibliography of the reading you consider relevant to your research, using an asterisk to mark titles you have already consulted; a plan of work with the separate stages of your research, indicating how long each stage will last, and in what order they will be undertaken. It should be possible to fit your proposal onto 2-3 typed sheets of A4 paper. For further information, including details of research groups and information on departmental support and training for research students, Click here.