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The University of Kansas' MFA is a three-year program with tracks in fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction. Typically, students in the program take course work for the first two years of the program and then write for the third year on their creative thesis. Students may take up to 15 credit hours to complete the thesis, and by the time they graduate they will have produced a book-length manuscript of poetry or prose.

A GTA appointment includes a tuition waiver for ten semesters plus a competitive stipend. In the first year, GTA appointees teach English 101 (freshman composition) and English 102 (a required reading and writing course). MFA students have the opportunity to teach an introductory course in creative writing in their third year, and opportunities are available for a limited number of advanced GTAs to teach in the summer.

Click here for information on how to apply to the MFA program at KU.