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67 PhD programmes in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

Art and Design
The Department of Art and Design at the University of Chester can be pursued either through conventional text-based studies or through a combination of studio-based activities where individual creative practice forms a significant part of the intellectual inquiry supported by a critical commentary.

Art and Design
Apply for a funded AHRC studentship as part of the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) seeks to foster innovation within creative practice, employ creative practice as a methodology to enhance other disciplines or domains, and contribute towards an explicit and transparent knowledge base that furthers our disciplines in the future. This Art and Design programme is offered at the University of Dundee.

Optometry and Vision Science
The PhD at the University of Bradford School of Optometry and Vision Science encompasses multidisciplinary research using a variety of techniques.

Art, Design, Media and Fashion
We're proud to offer a supportive and creative environment in which to carry out your work, and we encourage interdisciplinary engagement with other areas of research. We offer a Art, Design, Media and Fashion degree at the University of Southampton.

Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism
What are your understandings and experiences of historical and contemporary legacies of Scottish colonial history and how can they be share and communicated through contemporary art practice and research? Join the Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism programme from the University of Dundee to find out more.

Creative Research
At the Creative Research degree from University for the Creative Arts you have the ideal setting, support, and environment to achieve your research and practice ambitions as part of our supportive research community.

Visual Computing
Studying for a PhD in the area of Visual Computing at Cardiff University, will see you join the School as part of a successful team of researchers with a range of industrial partners and academic collaborators.

Beyond Representation - Painting as Embodied Practice
The Beyond Representation - Painting as Embodied Practice programme is offered by University of Dundee.

Art
This Art degree from the University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to explore your innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work and to place your work in relation to the work of other practitioners in a contemporary and historical context.

Gendered Aesthetics in Visual Culture
This Gendered Aesthetics in Visual Culture project at University of Dundee invites applications for those interested in and generating new theories of aesthetics or contents analysis of contemporary and/or historic art.

Film Studies with Audio-Visual
Enhance your film-making skills on our practice-based Film Studies with Audio-Visual programme from University of Birmingham. Film and edit your own practical output (a documentary, feature or portfolio of video work) to demonstrate your research.

Art and Design
This Art and Design PhD programme from the University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

Art and Creative Practices
The University of Brighton is a creative and intellectually vibrant focus for a PhD in Art and Creative Practices.

Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement
How can Peircean semiotic theory facilitate this in visual communication’s primary audiences for mutual benefit? The Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement programme is offered by the University of Dundee.

Arts and Creative Industries
The School of Arts and Creative industries is an ideal place to undertake PhD research. You will join a small, vibrant and diverse group of PhD students and will be supervised by academics of international standing. Join the Arts and Creative Industries degree at London South Bank University.

Art
Throughout this Art PhD course from University of East Anglia postgraduate researchers have opportunities to work at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances. We are a top tier, research-led university and are committed to making a substantial impact on the global challenges facing society.

Photography
This Photography degree from University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to explore innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work.

Creative Arts
A University of Hertfordshire PhD degree in Creative Arts is an internationally recognised research degree signifying very high levels of achievement in research, and an original contribution to knowledge in the student’s chosen field.

Visual Cultures
At Queen Mary University of London, we invite applications from highly motivated students who wish to apply to our new PhD Programme in Visual Cultures.