Fine Art University of Hertfordshire

Overview

The Doctorate in Fine Art programme delivered by  University of Hertfordshire aligns with the Art:Sci Research Lab and we welcome projects that relate to the Lab’s remit, see here.

Key Facts

The School of Creative Arts has a strong and proven track record in practice-led research and offers expert supervision in innovative practice, including interdisciplinary collaborations. You’ll have access to fully equipped workshops and technical support and will have opportunities to engage with established research communities while on campus. The Doctorate in Fine Arts students form part of the Doctoral College and are invited to participate in Summer and Spring Schools offering researcher development training.

The programme can be undertaken on both a full and part-time basis using a combination of online and on-campus research activities and supervision. It is not uncommon for candidates to structure their doctoral study around an on-going body of work or project development. You’ll be expected to develop a body of artwork that both engenders and informs the contextual theory. The course is practice-led, where theory and practice are integrated. The research output for the final examination will include a written thesis alongside a body of art practice.

You’ll be assigned a specific expert supervision team who you will meet on a regular basis. The course begins with a series of online study and research skills, which provide a thorough grounding in the philosophical and theoretical issues for practice-based research and the relationship between academic and professional values.

Year 1 is a period of refining study skills and working with the team to fully develop the research proposal for the Registration Assessment (9 months after enrolment). If successful, your research proposal will proceed to an individual supervised research project in your professional discipline. Once the second phase has been successfully completed, you will focus on the production of a written thesis and accompanying artefacts that embody or engender the content of the research project.