Overview

Our cozy, quiet campus is the perfect workshopping environment for creative writers wanting to develop a book-length manuscript. Our PhD in Creative Writing at the University of New Brunswick is one of very few offered in Canada.

In the academic streams, students examine important works of literature, undertake original research, and build their critical vocabularies. Their research is supported by excellent library resources. The academic PhD program now also includes the opportunity to earn a degree in Gender and Sexuality in Literature.

Outcomes

Graduate students in English acquire strong research, writing, editing and communication skills and develop connections with other academics, writers and publications across Canada.
Doctoral students also gain exceptional applied teaching experience through the Teaching Apprenticeship Program.
Our graduates go on to become professional writers, editors, journalists, marketers, teachers, professors and researchers, amongst other things.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Canadian Literature, including Atlantic Canadian
American Literature
Early Modern, Eighteenth-Century, Romantic, and Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Postcolonial Literature
Indigenous Literatures of Turtle Island
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Cultural Studies, Film and Popular Culture
Ecoliterature

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

7

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Fredericton, Canada

Disciplines

Language Studies Literature Linguistics View 12 other PhDs in Literature in Canada

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.7

English requirements

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100

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65

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IELTS

7

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Other requirements

General requirements

All applicants (except for the Direct-entry PhD) should have a GPA of at least 3.7 at the Master’s level.
Academic stream: MA in English is required for admission.
Creative Writing stream: MA in English or MFA in Creative Writing is required. Students with an MFA should have taken a broad range of English courses at either the undergraduate or graduate level.
Gender and Sexuality in Literature stream: MA in English or MA Gender/Women’s Studies is required.
Direct-entry PhD: A GPA of at least 4.0 in the final two years of the BA Honours English.

All applicants to the PhD program are required to submit the following:

A complete application
A two-part statement of interest
An academic writing sample, ideally a graduate-level research paper (10-20 pages) or chapter of an MA thesis.
Creative Writing Stream only: a recent creative writing sample of at least 20 pages (double-spaced for prose, poetry may be single-spaced).
Three academic references

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Tuition Fees

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10454 CAD / year

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5812 CAD / year

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Living costs

Fredericton

Canada

1100 - 2100 CAD / month

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Outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Living costs

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