Lancaster University
English Literature
BA (Hons), 3 years
Typical offer rate
94–100%
high entry
Grad employment
90%
15 months after
In professional roles
60%
Median grad salary
£26,000
15 months after
Lancaster University's English Literature is a BA covering literary texts from the medieval period to the present across prose, poetry and drama, with strong provision in contemporary fiction, theory and creative practice. The programme is taught within a research-active department and develops analytical and critical writing skills through close engagement with primary texts. Offers go to most who meet the grades.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to English Literature at Lancaster University has a 94–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesAbout Lancaster University
Lancaster is a collegiate campus university in the north-west, consistently placed near the top of the national league tables, with students organised into colleges in the Oxbridge manner.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Lancaster University · English Literature
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.