Study abroad in Dublin, Ireland: Most popular universities for Literature.

Are you thinking of studying Literature, abroad? Below you can find the most popular universities and programmes to study Literature in Dublin, Ireland. This list is based on visitors on the Studyportals websites, listing more than 150,000 English-taught Bachelor's and Master's programmes world-wide.



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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin builds on its four-hundred-year-old tradition of scholarship to confirm its position as one of the great universities of the world, providing a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and where students are nurtured as individuals and are encouraged to achieve their full potential.
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University College Dublin

UCD is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic spectrum of activity.
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American College Dublin

Located on Merrion Square, in the heart of Ireland’s capital city, American College Dublin offers an outstanding post-secondary education at the bachelor’s and master’s levels in liberal arts, performing arts, creative writing, international business, accounting and finance, hospitality management and event management. 
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Dublin City University

DCU is a young, dynamic and ambitious university with a distinctive mission to transform lives and societies through education, research and innovation. Since admitting its first students in 1980, DCU has grown in both student numbers and size and is now a multi campus environment Glasnevin, located just north of Dublin city. 
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Warnborough College Ireland

Warnborough College is proudly NOT an Assembly Line university. YOU design the programme for YOUR needs. Accredited non-residence Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees can be earned through research, instruction, projects or publication. Alternatively, do individual modules for credit or transfers.
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DCU Drumcondra

St Patricks College, a vibrant and innovative centre of excellence for undergraduate and postgraduate study, is situated centrally in Drumcondra Village within easy reach of Dublin City centre and conveniently accessible by public transport. While we have been at the centre of Irish life for almost a century and a half, our energy is firmly focussed on the future. We are a college of Dublin City University, one of Europes best young universities.
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Most popular Literature programmes for international students in Dublin

These are the most popular programmes among international students who are looking for a Literature degree in Dublin.

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Creative Writing

American College Dublin

Based in the childhood home of Oscar Wilde at 1 Merrion Square and delivered in association with the Irish Writers’ Centre, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing at American College Dublin offers aspiring or published writers a one-year course of study which examines the process and practice of producing prose fiction.
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Philosophy and Literature

University College Dublin

The MA in Philosophy and Literature from University College Dublin will be useful for any job requiring a subtle understanding of debate and disagreement, or requiring close attention to texts, especially in the cultural sector.
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Childrens Literature

Trinity College Dublin

Children's literature is recognised as a remarkable and dynamic part of literary and social culture. This course, the first full-time one year taught Masters programme in an Irish university, offers graduates in English or related disciplines the opportunity to study a broad range of children's literature in English.
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Classical Civilisation

Trinity College Dublin

The study of Classical Civilisation is concerned with the literature, thought and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome. Through the examination and contextualisation of literary works and the analysis of the main aspects of ancient history and art, you will develop a thorough knowledge of the classical world and a critical approach to Greek and Roman literature. 
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Renaissance Literature and Culture

University College Dublin

The MA Renaissance Literature & Culture provides a comprehensive introduction to the literary and cultural world of Shakespeare and his Renaissance contemporaries.
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Literatures of the Americas

Trinity College Dublin

Over the last few decades the scholarly fields of American Literature, American Studies and Postcolonial Studies have undergone radical transformations. Their core concepts - including identity, race, citizenship, hybridity, and nationhood - have been challenged and redefined in fundamental ways both by creative writers and by theorists.
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Old Irish

Trinity College Dublin

The ‘Postgraduate Diploma in Old Irish’ and the ‘MPhil in Early Irish’ have been running now for over ten years in the Department of Irish and Celtic Languages, Trinity College, Dublin, and have proved very successful.
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Children's and Young Adult Literature

Dublin City University

The MA in Children's and Young Adult Literature programme from Dublin City University benefits enormously from the participation of national and international experts in the discipline, as well as from the enthusiastic commitment of its students.
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To apply at one of these universities, you may need a proof of English proficiency. There are several standardised English tests that you can take to proof your English level, such as the PTE (Pearson Test of English), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), CAE (Cambridge Advanced English) and IELTS (International English Language Testing System), offered by British Council and IDP. IELTS is the most popular of these tests, with British Council offering more than 1000 test locations and being accepted by more than 9,000 organisations world-wide.

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About Literature

Literature degrees analyse ways of expressing feelings, experiences, and conceptions about life in an artistic form, enabling communication between humans and offering knowledge about personalities of the past. Literature studies cover all written works of a language, and graduates find jobs in screen writing and production, marketing, communications, history, and more.

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