The School of English at Bangor University teaches writing across all the major literary periods from Old English through to the 21st century. Its particular areas of expertise lie in Medieval Literature, the Early Modern period, Romanticism, literary Modernism and Contemporary fiction and poetry. Within that range it also has strengths in Arthurian literature, Gender theory and Women's Writing, Gothic Writing, American Literature and Culture, Postcolonialism, Contemporary Poetry and Welsh Writing in English. Other areas of expertise include Creative Writing and Travel Literature. It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in all of these areas.
In terms of scholarly and academic research, it contains the following Study Groups and Centres: Centre for Medieval Studies, Early Modern Studies, and the RS Thomas Study Centre.