The BA programme in Literary Writing at the Swiss Literature Institute is the only programme in Switzerland allowing young writers to develop their writing practice at university level. Each year 15 students are accepted to start the three-year programme, offered in both French and German - some courses and seminars are bilingual, but the writing is usually done in the mother tongue (students with sufficient abilities in the neighbouring language are encouraged to also write in this language).

The core of the studies is the students` own text production. The students write texts, discuss them and rewrite them in different writing studios and under the supervision of a mentor (all genres are possible). In the third year, students write not only a theoretical piece of work, but also their Bachelor thesis. This is a long, complete piece of literary writing. The diploma texts will be presented in a public reading at the end of June and excerpts will be published. The studies lead to the title Bachelor in Literary Writing and qualify graduates to apply for related Master`s programmes at a University of Applied Sciences.

• Three years of full-time study (in German/French), start of studies: only in the Autumn Semester
• Focus: independent text production
• 15 students per year 

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