PhD · Milwaukee, WI, USA
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee PhD in Creative Writing
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offers a PhD in English with a Creative Writing concentration, allowing doctoral students to develop fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction while pursuing advanced literary and critical studies. The 54-credit doctoral curriculum includes graduate-level creative writing courses, literature and cultural theory, electives, preliminary examinations, and a dissertation. Creative dissertations may take the form of a novel, collection of stories or poems, or substantial work of creative nonfiction.
- Deadline: Dec 15, 2026
- Funding: Partial / need-based
- Application fee: 75
- 5 years
Competitive teaching assistantships are available through the Department of English. Students who receive an assistantship with admission are typically offered up to five years of support, subject to satisfactory teaching performance and academic progress; benefits include a stipend, full tuition remission, and health insurance eligibility.
Program site: uwm.edu/english/academics/english-phd/creative-writing. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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