- Highly-ranked for student satisfaction (National Students' Survey)
- International reputation for excellence of teaching (Find out what our students say about us)
- 65% of our research is rated as internationally excellent or world-leading (2008 RAE)
- English Literature from the Medieval to the Contemporary
- Innovative, interdisciplinary courses - for example, students can study English Literature as a single-subject degree, in joint degrees with Philosophy, with History, with Drama, with American Literature, and with a minor in Creative Writing.
- The School prioritises student choice, from a range of carefully designed modules.
- Most students coming to study in the School will be eligible for the UEA entry scholarships (for students who achieve 3 A grades at A-level or equivalent) worth £1,500.
- Faculty members write poetry, fiction, translation, biography, and literary and cultural history and criticism.
- Pioneer of university courses in Creative Writing - several practising writers work here as permanent faculty members, and many more are connected with the School.
- Annual programme of readings, visits and residencies by new and established writers including a year-round Literary Festival.
- Home of the British Centre of Literary Translation.
- Small group teaching.
- Every student has a personal advisor, to guide them through their three years of study.
- The Skills Programme for the transition to degree level study.
