What will I learn?

The PhD in Literary Translation Studies allows you to choose between a research and a practice-based pathway through your degree. Focus your research on the history philosophy theory or practice of translation or produce a substantial literary translation accompanied by a critical reflection.

Course Overview

The PhD in Literary Translation Studies offers a choice between a research- and a practice-based pathway through the degree. The research pathway allows doctoral students to focus critically on a topic related to translation history theory methodology practice or philosophy. The practice-based pathway involves the production of a substantial literary translation accompanied by a critical reflection.

Research Themes

Areas for PhD supervision

Translation theory history methodology practice and philosophy; stylistic approaches to translation; exophonic migrant and intercultural literature; translation of children's and young adult literature; translation and Orientalism; translation and Classical Receptions; Bible translation; the place of translation in renaissance education.

Teaching

Each student will have one or two supervisors at least one of whom will be among the Professors and Associate Professors of the Warwick Writing Programme. Co-supervision that involves a member of another unit in the School of Creative Arts Performance and Visual Cultures the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies the School of Modern Languages and Cultures or another academic unit in the Faculty of Arts may be appropriate. You will meet with your supervisors together or separately at least once a month during the teaching year (if full time) or twice a term (part time). These meetings should normally be in person but may sometimes be conducted remotely when convenient to both parties. You will also have a personal tutor whose role is pastoral. There is no taught component of this degree but each student is invited to a one-to-one meeting with our subject librarian to explore resources for his or her project.

Which department am I in?

University of Warwick

Study options

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees

£23,070.00 (25,13,620) per year

Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estimate only and is subject to change once RCUK agree and publish the UKRI fee rate

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2025

Venue

University of Warwick

University of Warwick Coventry,

Coventry,

CV4 7AL, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Entry requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. An MA (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline with a final mark (or predicted final mark) of 65 or above. We recognise that practising literary translators applying to the practice-based pathway may have come to the profession from a background outside literary studies and/or modern foreign languages and/or the broader humanities and that previous degrees may not necessarily be in a “relevant” subject. Professional experience will therefore be taken into account in the assessment of an applicant’s suitability for the programme where an applicant comes from an academic background outside the arts and humanities. For the practice-based pathway a sample of translated work should accompany all applications. IELTS overall score of 7.5 minimum component scores of two at 6.5/7.0 and the rest at 7.5 or above. Students need to have: Overall Score of 108 (None below 23).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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