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Queen's University Belfast: English

Institution Queen's University Belfast View institution profile
Department School of Arts, English and Languages
Web https://www.qub.ac.uk/
Email askahss@qub.ac.uk
Study type Research

Summary

English offers pathways in Literary Studies, Creative Writing or Language and Linguistics.

Proposals are welcomed in all areas from Medieval to Modern. Areas of expertise in a School that brings together award-winning writers, linguists and critics working across British, Irish and American Literature include Poetry; Irish Literature; American Literature; Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies; Literature and Place; Culture, Geography and Identity, from the local to the global, from earliest writing to the contemporary; Literature, Crime and Conflict; and, Science, Medicine and Culture.

The School's specialisms are represented in the Centre for the Americas, the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Institute of Irish Studies, Centre for Research in Linguistics and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry - an internationally-recognised centre of excellence for the study and production of literature. This active research environment means that your project in literary studies, creative writing or linguistics will be supported by dynamic research groups and experts in the field.

Details of current staff expertise can be found on the School of Arts, English and Languages website. https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/Study/English/ 



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Queens University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast, ranked in the top 200 in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026) is based in Belfast, at the heart of Northern Ireland. 

Founded in 1845 as Queen's College Belfast it became an independent university in 1908 and is the ninth oldest university in the UK. Today, Queen’s University Belfast is a member of the Russell Group, combining excellence in research and education with a student-centred ethos.

Queen’s is ranked 6th in the world for international outlook (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025) and 13th in the UK for research intensity (Complete …

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