Studying an undergraduate English degree at the University of Birmingham will enable students to explore past and present cultures and societies, through a wide range of perspectives and in a variety of different literary genres.

The department's internationally renowned academic staff offer a huge range of literary specialisms across the full historical range to the present day. This degree offers students  an exciting core program in English Literature, while also giving them the opportunity to explore pathways in the closely related fields of Creative Writing, Drama, Film Studies and English Language. Students will have access to unparalleled resources for the study of Shakespeare, through the university's world leading Shakespeare Institute, not only looking at the poetry and plays of Shakespeare himself, but how these works have been interpreted, reworked and reimagined by diverse audiences.