Study

We offer postgraduate learning opportunities – you can undertake a Victorian Studies MA (based within English) or a Victorian Studies PhD or MPhil (within English or History, depending on your research area).

Our MA is the longest established postgraduate programme in the subject in the UK. Teaching draws directly on the research expertise of staff, and the MA programme combines tradition and innovation with its inclusion of canonical works, new perspectives on familiar topics, and lesser-known authors and figures. 

Doctoral students benefit from supervision teams who are world-leading in their interdisciplinary research.

Thriving community

The Centre has a thriving graduate community, hosting a wide variety of events and providing a forum for intellectual exchange and socialising. Our annual spring seminar series, "Global Victorians", attracts distinguished speakers from all nineteenth-century disciplines. Research students in the centre have the opportunity to be members of the organising committee. We also hold an annual Victorian Studies Public Lecture. 

High-profile conferences

The Centre also organises high-profile conferences. In 2025 we hosted BAVS Talks 2025: A special event marking the 25th anniversary of the British Association for Victorian Studies. In 2022 the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities awarded funding to the Centre for a student organised conference; Victorian Discoveries was an interdisciplinary conference which attracted papers covering a wide range of expertise. In 2019, the Centre hosted George Eliot 2019 – an international bicentenary conference – in collaboration with the George Eliot Fellowship.