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English Literature BA(Hons)

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Intro

At Brighton, our English Literature degree offers a fresh, modern approach while honouring the rich history of writing. 

You will dive into classic topics like Shakespeare and Victorian sexualities, but also explore contemporary issues like Black British literature, identity, and diversity. Our course takes a multidisciplinary, decolonised approach, connecting literature to philosophy, art history, to media, and making it relevant to today’s world.  

You will have the freedom to explore your literary passions, from poetry and novels to comics, gaming, and social media, with opportunities for placements and live projects.

At the end of year 1 you can choose a specialist pathway or carry on with the broader English Literature degree.

  • English Literature with Sexuality and Gender BA(Hons)
  • English Literature with Comics and Graphic Novels BA(Hons)

Both of these pathways are new for 2025 and in the final stages of development. 

Our graduates leave us with vital employability skills in critical thinking, project management, and communication.

Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code Q320

Full-time 3 years
With placement year 4 years

What are my next steps?

Open days are the best way to find out about your course, the campus where you'll be based, and get a feel for the University of Brighton.

Book your place: Moulsecoomb campus open day 14 June

Or if you're ready, apply now with UCAS for 2025

Open days are the best way to find out about your course, the campus where you'll be based, and get a feel for the University of Brighton.

Book your place: Moulsecoomb campus open day 14 June

Access our digital prospectus for 2026

The lecturers on the course are fantastic and always offer up exciting and interesting ways of reading a text.

Ben Thurland, English Literature BA(Hons)

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-level or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

A-levels must include at least one of English literature, English language, English language and literature, sociology or psychology.

International Baccalaureate
26 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Humanities, history or politics courses preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3.

Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits or relevant experience may count towards your course at Brighton and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. 

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

International requirements and visas

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We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

View our English language courses

For pre-sessional English preparation courses.

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Applying for a student visa

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Contextual admissions

At Brighton, we understand that not everyone has the same opportunities, and some may face extra challenges to meet grade requirements. Every Brighton applicant is treated as an individual and we value creativity, persistence, resourcefulness and big ideas alongside grades.

If you meet our contextual admissions criteria and the subject-specific A-level and/or GCSE requirements for this course, your offer from us will be at least two grades or 16 UCAS tariff points lower than the standard for your course. Find out about contextual admissions at Brighton.

With a contextual offer, you may also qualify for extra financial support through our Brighton Boost cost of living package. Find out about the Brighton Boost.

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Course content

Top reasons to choose this course

  • Opportunity to choose a specialism and study for an award of English Literature with Sexuality and Gender or Comics and Graphic Novels.
  • Staff are active researchers and writers who bring their expertise to your learning.
  • Option modules in the second and third years enable you to tailor your degree to your specific career ambitions.
  • International exchange opportunities at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands; Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands; and University of Lyon 2, France.
  • Placement opportunities give you the chance to make industry connections and gain valuable experience.

  • Scrivener talks give you the chance to speak to a professional writer about their work.
  • Extracurricular activities such as the Performance and Community Research and Enterprise Group and the student-led Creative Writing Society.
  • Our focus on employability ensures you will graduate with a strong skillset.
  • Develop valuable transferable skills as a critical thinker, independent researcher with excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent student support and a warm and encouraging community.
  • Weekly roundup of writing competitions and opportunities to encourage you to promote your work and consider future careers.
  • Royal Literary Fund Fellow.

Year 1 

The content and structure of the course reflects its aims and ethos, providing a core grounding in approaches, theories, genres and periods in the first two years, followed by opportunities for pursuing individual research and practice interests in the third year.

Your degree includes core literature modules and further option modules through which you will be able to forge a personal pathway. For example you might take creative or writing modules at each level to provide a distinctive creative strand through the degree, which can then be supplemented in your dissertation. Students may also take one option from outside literature in years 2 and 3, with choice across the fields of linguistics, media and language.

You’ll develop presentation skills through seminar groups, which foster and enable a debating culture.

Modules

  • Textual Encounters: Reading, Writing, Thinking

    How do texts make meaning? How can we understand the relationships between readers, writers, and texts? This module introduces questions crucial to the study of literature and culture through examining reading, writing and thinking as dynamic and dialogic cultural practices. You will develop the skills necessary to become an effective writer, thinker and critic, enabling you to develop informed responses to texts and ideas in dialogue with others as a member of a collaborative intellectual community.

  • Empire and Revolution

    You will explore literary representations of empires and revolutions in different parts of the world, from the 1500s to the early 1900s. You'll learn about literary history by reading texts that both supported and questioned ideas of empire and revolution. You will also look at how power is culturally reproduced and how marginalised people have used literary forms to gain different degrees of cultural and social power.

  • Poetry-Politics-Protest

    During this module you will explore poetry from a diverse selection of writers, time periods and cultures. Learning how to analyse and interpret poetry and understand poetic forms and techniques, you’ll discuss poetry as a political act, a form of protest and an agent of social change to discover the dynamic possibilities of poetry as a relevant means of communication and connection essential in our changing world. Students co-create this module and you will develop your own practice through curating a poetry anthology.

  • Introducing Research

    You will be introduced to research in literature during this module. Through research tasks and seminars, you will develop an understanding of research methods and processes in literature and reflect on and evaluate research practices. You will also complete an individual research project on a topic related to your course so that you develop your own research interests, skills and practices.

  • The World, the Text and the Critic

    Taking inspiration from Edward Said’s book The World, the Text, and the Critic (1983), this module enables you to explore some of the key debates in contemporary literary studies. Organised around decolonial, feminist, queer, ecocritical and other approaches to texts, you will develop critical writing skills and knowledge of social, cultural and political contexts in the interpretation of literary works and the wider world. 

  • Literary Histories of Cultures and Identities

    During this module you will look at the development of cultures and identities and how literature engages with and responds to them at key historical moments. You will investigate elements of personal, collective and national identity; class; gender; sexuality; ethnicity; and social transformation. You’ll also explore reactions to and participation in intellectual movements and ideologies.

Our courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis in order to make sure that what you learn with us is relevant and that your course enables you to develop appropriate skills. When you apply to study with us, we will inform you of any new developments in your chosen programme through Student View.

Student reading from a literature book

Year 2 

In the second year you can choose to stay with the broad English Literature degree, or to specialise in sexuality and gender, or comics and graphic novels.

You’ll begin developing your own interests through option choices each semester and can choose option modules from across our humanities and arts subjects.

At the end of your second year you will have the opportunity to study abroad for a year extending your degree to four years.

Modules

Core modules

  • Women’s Writing and Feminist Theory

    You will explore women’s writing and feminist theory, looking at areas including politics, gender, sexuality, roles, identities and cultures in this module which is co-created with students. By examining and participating in feminist practice and debating the ways in which feminisms have informed and transformed the content, form and purpose of women’s writing, you will work together to research, analyse, evaluate and enact practices and processes of feminisms and women’s writing across different genres.

  • Comics, Cultures and Societies

    This module introduces comics cultures and the many ways they can reflect social contexts. You'll explore comics from different places and times and across cultures, drawing on the themes and issues that reflect the social context they are created in. As you examine each area, you'll focus on comics genres, aspects of representation, audience expectations and the narrative structures used. 

  • Queer Writing

    In this module you will explore a tradition of LGBTQ+ writing in the context of the history and politics of sexuality and queer identities over the past two centuries. The module uses key dates in that history to examine and debate how representation and writing have been both tools of oppression and liberation. Primary texts and films/TV shows could include The Well of Loneliness, Stone Butch Blues, The Black Flamingo, Swimming in the Dark and Fairytales for Lost Children.

  • From Postcolonial to Black British Literature

    You will study the diversity of writing that has emerged from the experience of British and Western European colonisation, including the rich tradition of Black British writing that has dealt with the aftermath of Empire and colonial legacy. You will explore the political and cultural debates which inform postcolonial theory and literature and the ways in which writers engage in canon re-formation and decolonisation. 

  • Cultures of Modernities

    You will look at the turbulent period of history from the late nineteenth to the mid- twentieth century during this module. You’ll examine different ideas of ‘modern life’ and look at how the literary and cultural phenomenon of modernism responded to the challenges of the time. Through an interdisciplinary approach you will consider literature alongside other art forms and media and examine the local history of modernism in Brighton and Sussex through cultural organisations, archives and collections.

  • Research: Special Topic

    During this module, you will gain specialist knowledge and problem-solving skills by designing, researching and delivering a small project in a selected area guided by current staff research or community partnerships. You will develop skills as a scholar by taking part in a formal peer review process and you’ll explore and reflect on the different ways to communicate your research to others.

  • Gender: Texts and Concepts

    This module builds on your knowledge of constructions and conceptualisations of gender. By looking at selected texts, philosophies and theories from a range of political moments and geographical locations, you will be able to identify, define and evaluate concepts of gender, their implications in politics, legislation and policy, as well as how writers have engaged with these.

  • Image and Text: The Language of Comics and Graphic Novels

    This module looks at the visual language of comics and graphic novels, exploring how images and text work together. You will consider ways in which layout, structure, language, colour and form (print, digital) shape the way we see, read and understand these stories. You’ll also explore creative processes and have the chance to experiment and play with this media – no previous experience in making comics is needed.

Options*

  • Children’s Literature and Culture

    What is children’s literature and who is it really for? This module examines the construction of childhood, adolescence and adulthood as political and representational categories and explores the development of children’s and young adults literatures as distinct modes of cultural production. What agency do children have over their images and culture? How far is children’s literature a product of adult nostalgia? What is at stake when adults speak about, for or as children?

  • Transforming Texts

    This module introduces you to the fields of translation studies, adaptation studies, intertextuality and theories of textual reworking. It encourages you to consider strategies for remaking, retelling and reworking texts. You’ll consider the formal, political and social implications of moving textual material from one form to another, thinking about the practical demands of transforming information from textual media into visual media, including questions of copyright.

  • Professional Practice and Placement

    In this module, you will undertake a work placement or creative project where you’ll put into practice the skills and knowledge you’ve learned throughout your degree. It will enable you to follow up on areas of particular interest and gain insight into the kinds of roles and work you may wish to enter into in future. It will develop your employability skills, confidence and knowledge of your professional and personal self.

  • Literature and Art History

    Literature and Art History introduces the interrelationship between literature and fine art and addresses two key issues: how to study a text’s broader cultural setting and how to use art history to enhance literary analysis. You will explore topics including the illustrated manuscript, visual realism, the literary imagination, ‘painterly’ literature, ‘poetic’ painting, language and the word as art objects, writers’ responses to art, and the impact on literature of radical modes of visual representation, such as abstraction and minimalism.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

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Placements 

Spend a year on placement

Gain valuable experience and earn money during an optional placement year. You’ll return to the final year of your degree with added confidence, real-world experience and valuable contacts. 

A placement year significantly improves your CV, giving you a distinct advantage over others when applying for jobs and starting your career. It will also help you to develop the softer skills such as communication and teamwork.

For the assessed part of your placement, you will create a reflective piece of work on professional practice and skills. 

The university has links with a wide range of organisations including in health, culture and heritage, housing, councils, the police, the probation service, policy think tanks and charities.

Our dedicated Placements and Employability team will support you in getting a placement that meets with your interests and career ambitions. They can help with CVs and cover letter writing, applications, online testing and more. Plus, they’ll provide support and guidance when you’re on placement and make sure that everything is going well.

 

Placement modules for hands-on experience

In year 2 you can choose a placement module which will allow you to gain professional experience in industries such as publishing, broadcasting, social media marketing, PR and the charity sector. 

Recent placement hosts include:

  • Action Medical Research

  • Action Tutoring

  • Airstream Photo Booth

  • Brighton Dome

  • British Forces Broadcasting Services

  • Epoque Press

  • Factory Films

  • The Old Market Theatre

  • Little Green Pig

  • Men’s Health Magazine

  • Prsnt.

In year 3 you can choose the Community Placement module aimed at further building your professional experience. This is 30 to 50 hours of voluntary work with a not-for-profit or community organisation. The placement is assessed and contributes to your degree.

Mia Kurian, graduate

“My community engagement placement was with Metropolitan City Church Brighton as their Social Media Manager. I learnt a lot about myself and my interests and the type of career I may want to pursue. I got to try my hand at website design, something I had never done before, and it was a great opportunity for me to expand my creativity. Professionally, I gained a lot of experience that has been extremely useful in my career today. I learnt about creating brand cohesion and creating a brand image from scratch, something I’ve never done before.

“I absolutely loved it. It was an incredible learning experience as well as insightful. It allowed me to learn a lot about myself and the future I want. My placement manager was lovely and supportive and allowed me the freedom to explore my creativity.”

Final year 

Your final year of literature study allows you to benefit from the skills you have developed and to demonstrate your academic ability through a major dissertation project.

Modules

Core modules

  • Literature and the Global Contemporary

    In this module you will look at case studies of selected contemporary texts including fiction and non-fiction, as well as novels, poetry, film and drama that address a range of global issues. You will consider the contexts from which the texts have been written and examine how they address specific audiences through their rendering of place and/or their engagement with contemporary political issues and UN sustainability goals.

  • Literature and Social Change

    This module investigates how literature functions in local contexts, taking into account community, social change and active citizenship. You will look at a diverse range of texts and concepts to explore how literature engages with and contributes to change making. Applying your learning to solve problems and reflect on your practice, you will complete a live brief which is devised through collaboration between tutors, the Employability Team and a community partner.

  • English Literature Dissertation

    In this module you will undertake an academic investigation which will extend and evaluate your understanding of your chosen topic(s). You will also design, manage and complete independent research in this area. Workshops will offer guidance on planning a project, writing an academic blog, research practice and methodology and formulating research questions, and you will be allocated a supervisor to support you throughout your project.

  • Comics and Graphic Novels Dissertation

    If you have chosen the Comics and Graphic Novels pathway, this module gives you the chance to undertake an in-depth independent research project on a specific topic which will expand, evaluate and develop your understanding of comics and graphic novels. You will engage with a series of workshops and seminars focusing on dissertation writing, criticism and comics-specific research, and work closely with a supervisor.

  • Sexuality and Gender Dissertation

    This module gives you the opportunity to design, manage and complete an in-depth independent research project which will develop and evaluate your understanding of your chosen topic(s) relevant to sexuality and gender. You will be allocated a supervisor who will guide and support you throughout your project and attend workshops focusing on areas such as appropriate research practices, planning a dissertation and presentation.

Options*

  • Conflict, Migration, Borders

    This module examines the mass displacement of refugees from areas of conflict and the search for sanctuary in the EU. Through a variety of genres, including novels, short stories, testimonies and films, you will explore ways in which cultural production is charting the experience of conflict and displacement and analyse how writers and film-makers challenge the discourses underlining the development of Fortress Europe.

  • Gothic Texts and Contexts

    In this module you will critically reflect upon the social relevance of Gothic texts and how they articulate, develop or challenge notions of the ‘Gothic’ from the eighteenth century into the twenty-first century. You will look at texts such as Paradise Lost, Dr Faustus, The Castle of Otranto, The Monk, Frankenstein, Christabel and Carmilla; Gothic works by fine artists such as Turner, Goya, Fuseli and Blake; and Gothic popular culture via films and TV shows like Nosferatu and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  • (Re)viewing Shakespeare

    In this module you will re-view Shakespeare by looking at his drama within the playing and political contexts of 1590 to 1615 and explore our contemporary interpretations of his work by understanding the place and meaning of ‘Shakespeare’ in our culture. You will see his plays performed during theatre visits and write a review of one of the works you have seen or studied.

  • Victorian Sexualities

    You will build on your experience of the nineteenth century in this module by focusing on the important and controversial discourse of sexuality. You will explore some key representations of sexuality in literature, medical and legal discourse and art and will construct a case study to demonstrate your critical awareness of these issues and the debates surrounding them.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Specialise in sexuality and gender  

At the end of your first year, you can carry on with your English Literature BA for a broad view of the subject along with your choice of option modules, or choose to specialise in English literature combined with sexuality and gender.

Choosing to specialise means that your core modules and options focus on the subject that you choose, and you'll graduate with that subject in your degree title.

English Literature with Sexuality and Gender BA(Hons)

On this route, you will uncover and explore the ways that themes of gender and sexuality in literature have shaped and reflected social attitudes.

You will examine a rich and growing tradition of LGBTQIA+ writing in the UK and beyond and explore how literary works often question heteronormative cultural practices, providing insights into intersectional perspectives on gender, sexuality and identity.

The modules on this pathway will allow you to analyse literature through a critical lens, deconstructing stereotypes, challenging traditional narratives and engaging with Brighton’s vibrant literary queer community.

Brighton is unofficially referred to as the LGBTQIA+ capital of Britain, making it the ideal place to study this topic. You will have the opportunity to attend Brighton’s The Coast is Queer, the UK’s biggest and brightest LGBTQ+ literature festival.

You will learn from passionate staff who are involved in relevant research and literary events. They are experts in engaging with literature in a way that offers alternative interpretations, empowering you as a student to critically examine texts and to develop an in-depth understanding of the interplay between literature, identity, and social change.

The sexuality and gender pathway is new for 2025. It is in the final stages of development and may change. Check back for updates, and if you apply for this course we will let you know about any new developments via Student View.

Specialise in comics and graphic novels

At the end of your first year, you can carry on with your English Literature BA for a broad view of the subject along with your choice of option modules, or you can choose to specialise in English literature combined with comics and graphic novels.

Choosing to specialise means that your core modules and options focus on the subject that you choose, and you'll graduate with that subject in your degree title.

English Literature with Comics and Graphic Novels BA(Hons)

Comics and graphic novels entertain and inform through a powerful and dynamic combination of visual art and narrative storytelling – and their cultural impact means they are recognised as an important art form. They are used to explore subjects from politics to mental health, social inequality to science, fantasy to fiction in ways that convey emotions, action and atmosphere with broad and inclusive appeal.

On this innovative specialist pathway you will be encouraged to experiment, whether that is creating long-form graphic novels or comic strips, engaging with subjects that excite and inspire you.

Our staff have extensive writing and publishing expertise in the field and they will develop your skills and knowledge, ensuring you understand specific storytelling techniques that create an emotional impact on the reader. You will take a critical, literary approach to analysing texts and also learn aspects of design such as panel layouts, visual pacing and composition.

As a student, you will be engaging with this evolving art form in a vibrant city where creativity is celebrated, benefitting from our connections to organisations and events in which you can participate and share your work.

The comics and graphic novels pathway is new for 2025. It is in the final stages of development and may change. Check back for updates, and if you apply for this course we will let you know about any new developments via Student View.

Lab facilities

Mithras House has a series of lab rooms which can be used for teaching on your course or in your independent research work.

Life lab
A skills-based lab for practice-based teaching, social work, psychotherapy and counselling, and employability. The Life lab is fitted with lounge furniture to provide a comfortable space for conducting qualitative research with larger groups. The lab can be used to conduct research activities with children of all ages and can be used for meetings and events. The room also contains a dedicated space to conduct assessed role play or interviews with children.

City lab
This is a qualitative research methods and creative methods resource for all students, staff and researchers, as well as research participants, including children, community groups and the general public. It can also be used for meetings and events. The City lab contains a kitchen, a teaching/meeting room with enhanced acoustic isolation and two meeting spaces that can be separated with a screen or combined to accommodate larger groups.

Design lab
Housing our extensive collection of historic dress and textiles, which are used in some teaching on our History of Art and Design courses, this has the space and equipment for you to work on textile projects. Displays created by students on these programmes are on view in the social spaces of the building.

Community lab
A space designed for collaborative student learning, this is used by students and staff involved in the university’s Global Challenges programme – our collective mission to contribute towards solutions to tackle the pressing issues facing our world.

Stats lab
A specialist workspace with computing equipment for statistical analysis and projects involving video and audio editing software. The lab contains eight acoustically treated booths for both recording and transcribing interviews undertaken as part of dissertation research and for recording and editing podcasts.

Applied Cognition lab
A dedicated research space for psychological research involving measures such as electrodermal activity (EDA) and electroencephalography (EEG). The space is designed to allow the participant and researcher to sit at separate desks whilst psychophysiological data is being collected. 

VR and eye tracking lab
The VR and Eye-Tracking Lab is used for psychological research using equipment, such as eye-trackers and virtual reality headsets. The space has adjustable lighting and a blackout blind for maintaining consistent lighting conditions during eye-tracking research, as well as sensors set up in the room to allow individuals to move freely around the room during virtual reality research.

Meet the team

Dr Irralie Doel, course leader

Irralie is Senior Lecturer in English literature and leads the literature subject area at the University of Brighton. She researches twentieth and twenty-first century women’s writing and feminist theory, poetry, poetics and politics, and creative writing.

Other staff who teach on the course include:

  • Dr Aakanksha Virkar Yates
  • Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson
  • Dr Bea Hitchman
  • Dr Craig Jordan-Baker
  • Dr Emma Bell
  • Dr Jessica Moriarty
  • Dr Joseph Ronan
  • Julie Everton
  • Dr Liam Connell
  • Dr Nigel Foxcroft
  • Dr Vedrana Velickovic.

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Careers

What can I do with an English literature degree?

English literature degree graduates gain a broad range of skills that can be used in many roles.

  • Journalism
  • Publishing
  • Teaching
  • Authorship
  • Copywriting, editing and proofreading
  • Marketing
  • Research
  • PR

High-profile graduates from our English programmes include Paris Lees, Tanaka Mhishi and Munroe Bergdorf.

Graduates from our English programmes have gone on to careers in:

  • research
  • social media marketing
  • English tutorship
  • SEO Executive
  • law
  • publishing
  • broadcasting
  • public relations 
  • teaching.

This degree opens up a range of postgraduate study options. At Brighton, for example, you could progress to:

  • Creative Writing MA
  • Journalism MA
  • Secondary English PGCE.

You could also choose to complete your PhD at Brighton alongside our team of world-leading researchers.

Royal Literary Fund Fellow  

If you want professional feedback on any aspect of your writing, from an essay to a manuscript, you can book a one-to-one tutorial with our resident Royal Literary Fund Fellow.

The sessions are free, confidential and independent of the university. 

You can get advice on

  • academic writing style and how to answer essay questions. 
  • all aspects of your writing, such as developing and structuring an argument to improving style.

Supporting your employability 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and rediscover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that’s not just while you are a student – our support carries on after you’ve graduated.

Find out more about our Careers Service...

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Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,535 GBP

International (full-time) 17,250 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

  • Brighton Boost – cost of living help for our new undergrad students. Find out about how we can help with your study, accommodation or travel costs and more...
  • Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate students
  • Student finance and budgeting while studying
  • Read our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf) for more on University of Brighton tuition fees.

What's included

Here you’ll find details of specific resources and services that are included in the tuition fee for our literature students. To help you to budget for your studies, there is also information on any additional costs that you may have to pay or can choose to pay in addition to your tuition fee.

Find out how tuition fees enable us to support all of our students with important services, facilities and resources across the university and check out our finance pages for info about fees, funding and scholarships along with advice on international and island fee-paying status.

You can chat with our enquiries team if you have a question or need more information.

What's included in your tuition fee

  • Course books, magazines and journals are available in the university libraries. You do not need to have your own copies. See the subject area in the library for an up-to-date list of key subject journals and databases.
  • You will have access to computers and necessary software on campus – and can borrow a laptop from us if yours is broken or you don’t have a computer at home. Specialist equipment is provided to cover essential learning.

Additional costs

  • Most coursework submissions are electronic but you may wish to print notes and should budget up to £100 for printing.
  • For some assessments you may be required to print large format posters for presentations at a cost of £5–£10 per poster.
  • Some courses include an optional placement module for which students will need to cover the costs of travel to and from the placement and DBS checks as required.
  • You may have the opportunity to attend field trips and off-site visits. These are optional and are not required to pass your course but if you choose to go on optional trips you can expect to pay either a contribution towards, or the full cost of, travel as well as for your food. Under normal circumstances we would expect a budget of approximately £150 per year will cover the costs of particular trips. The amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken.
  • You’ll need to budget for printing and stationery for personal study, and books if you decide to buy your own. Many of the set texts are available as cheap editions and we estimate that students will not need to spend more than £200.
  • Many students choose to buy their own hardware, software and accessories. The amount spent will depend on your individual choices, but this expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Two miles north of Brighton seafront, Moulsecoomb is our largest campus and student village. Moulsecoomb has been transformed by a recent development of our estate. On campus you’ll find new Students’ Union, events venue and sports and fitness facilities, alongside the library and student centre.

Over 900 students live here in our Moulsecoomb Place halls and the new Mithras halls – Brunswick, Goldstone, Hanover, Preston and Regency.

Moulsecoomb has easy access to buses and trains so you can access all the exciting things happening in our home city.

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Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

Brighton: Moulsecoomb

Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Mithras Halls are stylish new high-rises in the heart of the student village at our revitalised Moulsecoomb campus with ensuite rooms for more than 800 students.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre, and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently?
We can help – find out more about private renting.

Relaxing in halls

Modern accommodation at Moulsecoomb

Mithras halls room with a view

Relaxing in halls near the campus

Student Union social space

Student Union social space at Moulsecoomb

Local area

One of Time Out's 50 best cities in the world

“Brighton has… all the important parts of a sprawling cosmopolitan metropolis (connections to London in under an hour, an array of properly excellent restaurants, energetic late-night spots) … with the easy-breezy beachy attitude to life that makes you feel welcome in an instant.”
Time Out’s 50 Best Cities in the World, 2025

About Brighton

The city of Brighton & Hove is a forward-thinking place which leads the way in the arts, technology, sustainability and creativity. You'll find living here plays a key role in your learning experience.

Brighton is a leading centre for creative media technology, recently named the startup capital of the UK.

The city is home to a national 5G testbed and over 1,000 tech businesses. The digital sector is worth over £1bn a year to the local economy – as much as tourism.

All of our full-time undergraduate courses involve work-based learning - this could be through placements, live briefs and guest lectures. Many of these opportunities are provided by local businesses and organisations.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and there are daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

Map showing distance to London from Brighton
Brighton Beach sunset

Maps

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more about how we support your wellbeing.

Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

Brighton Cricket Academy

Develop your cricketing skills in the UK’s largest indoor cricket facility alongside studying for a degree. Whether you can already play or you’re new to the game offers the opportunity to train with top coaches in our world-class training environment. 

Find out about the Brighton Cricket Academy.

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Find out more about how the academic year and degree courses are organised and about learning and assessment activities you might get to grips with at Brighton. More specific information about this course is detailed in the programme specification (linked below). You can find out also about the support we offer to help you adjust to university life.

Course and module descriptions on this page were accurate when first published and are the basis of the course. Detailed information on any changes we make to modules and learning and assessment activities will be sent to all students by email before enrolment so that you have all the information before you come to Brighton.

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Course specification

Course specifications are the approved description of each course. They contain a breakdown of the content and structure of the course, learning outcomes and assessment. Course specs are updated following course changes.

Course specification

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