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16 PhD programmes in Arts, Design & Architecture in Netherlands

Smart Buildings and Cities
The Smart Buildings and Cities program from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) wants to contribute to the transition towards smart, intelligent and sustainable cities where quality of life is high.

Chemical Product Design
The EngD programme “Chemical Product Design” at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) focuses on the development of structured materials, formulations, and devices for specialty chemicals, personal care, health care, food, semiconductor, and energy sectors.

Designer in Bioprocess Engineering
The Designer in Bioprocess Engineering programme from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) develops MSc graduates in (Bio-)chemical Engineering or related academic backgrounds into multidisciplinary specialists, in preparation for a career in the industry.

Product, Process and Equipment Design
Product, Process and Equipment Design at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is an advanced-level training programme that trains and educates MSc graduates to become certified designers.

Urban Development and Governance
The PhD on Urban Development and Governance at Erasmus University Rotterdam is a 4-year flexible trajectory programme that fuses urban management with governance.

Industrial Design
Industrial Design department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is a relatively new, innovative department, part of the Eindhoven University of Technology, in the heart of Netherlands’ high tech hotspot, Brainport.
Management in the Built Environment
Management in the Built Environment at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) involves collaboration, innovation and new ways of managing and future-proofing the built environment.
Art and Culture, History, and Antiquity
The department of Art and Culture, History, and Antiquity at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is characterised by its staff's interdisciplinary and global approach to research and teaching on the present and the past.
Sustainable Design Engineering
The department of Sustainable Design Engineering (SDE) at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) conducts research at the intersection of engineering and sustainability to transform design and unlock novel design opportunities for addressing societal challenges.
Design, Organisation and Strategy
The Design, Organisation and Strategy (DOS) department at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a leading research environment that explores the influence of strategic design within organizations and societal transitions.
Architecture
The research carried out by the Department of Architecture at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) distinguishes itself by the focus on architecture as an expanded cultural field of expertise; a discursive field in which making and thinking, design and research, history and theory are inextricably, yet complexly, linked.
Geography, Planning and International Development Studies
The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research is dedicated to providing supervision and support to post-graduate students pursuing a PhD in social sciences at the University of Amsterdam. It offers this degree programme in Geography, Planning and International Development Studies.
Human-Centered Design
Human-Centered Design at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) holds vital potential for addressing some of today’s most pressing global issues, such as climate change, health pandemics, and social inequality.
Urbanism
The (re)making of better and sustainable urban landscapes can be achieved by considering urbanism as a planning and design-oriented activity. This Urbanism program is offered at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
Architectural Engineering and Technology
Bridging the gap between the disciplines of Architecture and Engineering, deploying an engineering and technology-driven approach to the design of buildings. That is the unique profile of Architectural Engineering and Technology at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
Arts
Arts, a collaboration between Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) and the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, is a high-level international doctorate programme in visual art and design.