321 PhDs in Arts, Design & Architecture

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Arts, Design & Architecture is a group of disciplines that enable students to use creativity, design principles, theories, methods and tools in order to create a more beautiful and functional world.

People who work in Arts, Design & Architecture develop projects, plans, designs and concepts for everything, from buildings, monuments, clothes, and devices to intuitive graphical interfaces and easy-to-use web pages. They are also creators of fabulous art, including paintings, music, theatre plays, dances, and many other wonderful expressions of beauty and imagination.

Some of the main disciplines within Arts, Design & Architecture are Art History, Graphic Design, Landscape Architecture, Music, Visual Arts, etc.

If you choose to focus on Architecture, you will learn everything there is to know about creating the perfect design for a new building or even an entire city. Courses will focus on fundamental architecture elements, on safety and materials, environmental impact, as well as lighting, textures, and how to create the perfect contrast between materials and colours. It’s not an easy job, as it also involves principles from physics and mathematics, but designing someone’s dream house or a cityscape is a very rewarding job.

Studying Graphic Design will focus on teaching you how to use images, text and colours to communicate messages efficiently. To do that, classes will present basic design principles, elements, and rules.
If you go for Music, you will study musical theory, instruments, perfect harmonies, and numerous musical styles. You will work with other talented musicians, just like you. After graduation, you’ll be an expert in playing at least one instrument.

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Arts, Design & Architecture opens up many career opportunities. In addition to the subfields we’ve already mentioned, you can specialise in Fashion Design, Film, Photography & Media, Theatre & Dance, User Experience Design, and others.

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Universities	Location	TopUniversities Ranking (2018)
Royal College of Art	London, United Kingdom	1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, United States	2
Parsons School of Design - The New School	New York City, United States	2
Rhode Island School of Design	Providence, United States	4
Pratt Institute	New York City, United States	5
University of the Arts London (UAL)	London, United Kingdom	6
Politecnico Di Milano	Milano, Italy	7
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago, United States	7
California Institute of the Arts CalArts	Santa Clarita, United States	9
Stanford University	Stanford, United States	10
University of Oxford	Oxford, United Kingdom	11
Yale University	New Haven, United States	12
Aalto University	Helsinki, Finland	13
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, United States	14
Goldsmiths, University of London	London, United Kingdom	15
Art Center College of Design	Pasadena, United States	16
RMIT University	Melbourne, Australia	17
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles, United States	18
The Glasgow School of Art	Glasgow, United Kingdom	19
Columbia University	New York City, United States	20
California College of the Arts	Oakland, United States	22
New York University	New York City, United States	23
National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	24
Tsinghua University	Beijing, China	25
Tongji University	Shanghai, China	26
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)	27
Melbourne Business School	Melbourne, Australia	28
Seoul National University	Seoul, South Korea	29
University of Technology Sydney	Sydney, Australia	29
University of Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	31
University of New South Wales	Sydney, Australia	33
Monash University	Melbourne, Australia	34
National University of Singapore	Singapore, Singapore	35
Loughborough University	Loughborough, United Kingdom	36
Peking University	Beijing, China	37
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile	Santiago, Chile	38
University of Palermo Argentina	Buenos Aires, Argentina	39
Nanyang Technological University	Singapore, Singapore	40
Queensland University of Technology	Brisbane, Australia	41
Cornell University	Ithaca, United States	42
University of Sao Paulo	São Paulo, Brazil	42
University of Sydney	Sydney, Australia	42
Princeton University	Princeton, United States	45
Tecnológico de Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	46
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design	Stockholm, Sweden	47
Australian National University	Canberra, Australia	48
Ravensbourne University London	City of London, United Kingdom	49
Savannah College of Art and Design	Savannah, United States	49
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna	Vienna, Austria	101
Arizona State University	Tempe Junction, United States	101
Bauhaus University Weimar	Weimar, Germany	101
Beijing Normal University	Beijing, China	101
Berlin Summer University of the Arts	Berlin, Germany	101
Brown University	Providence, United States	101
Edinburgh College of Art	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	101
Emily Carr University of Art + Design	Vancouver, Canada	101
Fudan University	Shanghai, China	101
Indian Institute of Science	Bangalore, India	101
IT University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark	101
KU Leuven	Leuven, Belgium	101
Kyushu University	Fukuoka, Japan	101
Manchester Metropolitan University	Manchester, United Kingdom	101
Middlesex University	London, United Kingdom	101
National Cheng Kung University	Tainan, Taiwan	101
Northumbria University	Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom	101
Nottingham Trent University	Nottingham, United Kingdom	101
Politecnico di Torino	Turin, Italy	101
Polytechnic University of Valencia	Valencia, Spain	101
Pompeu Fabra University	Barcelona, Spain	101
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague	Den Haag, Netherlands	101
Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield, United Kingdom	101
The University of Western Australia	Perth, Australia	101
TU Berlin	Berlin, Germany	101
UNICAMP - University of Campinas	Campinas, Brazil	101
Polytechnic University of Catalonia	Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain	101
Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne	Paris, France	101
Universiti Sains Malaysia	George Town, Malaysia	101
University of Adelaide	Adelaide, Australia	101
University of Alberta	Edmonton, Canada	101
University of Dundee	Dundee, United Kingdom	101
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	Urbana, United States	101
University of Leeds	Leeds, United Kingdom	101
University of Montreal	Montréal, Canada	101
University of Reading	Reading, United Kingdom	101
University of Tasmania	Hobart, Australia	101
University of Texas at Austin	Austin, United States	101
University of Tsukuba	Tsukuba, Japan	101
University of Washington	Seattle, United States	101
University of Wisconsin Madison	Madison, United States	101
University of Wollongong	Wollongong, Australia	101
Waseda University	Tokyo, Japan	101
Autonomous University of Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	151
Boston University	Boston, United States	151
Brunel University London	London Borough of Harrow, United Kingdom	151
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, United States	151
Chulalongkorn University	Bangkok, Thailand	151
Concordia University Montréal	Montreal West, Canada	151
Dongguk University	Seoul, South Korea	151
Duke University	Durham, United States	151
Estonian Academy of Arts	Tallinn, Estonia	151
Ewha Womans University	Seoul, South Korea	151
Federal University of Minas Gerais	Belo Oriente, Brazil	151
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre, Brazil	151
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	Kanpur, India	151
Kookmin University	Seoul, South Korea	151
Nanjing University	Nanjing, China	151
National Chengchi University	Taipei, Taiwan	151
National Chiao Tung University	Hsinchu, Taiwan	151
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, United States	151
Northwestern University	Evanston, United States	151
Oxford Brookes University	Oxford, United Kingdom	151
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso	Valparaíso, Chile	151
Sapienza University of Rome	Roma, Italy	151
The Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)	São Paulo, Brazil	151
University of Waikato	Hamilton, New Zealand	151
Tohoku University	Sendai-shi, Japan	151
Universidad ANAHUAC	Mexico City, Mexico	151
Universidad de las Américas Puebla	Puebla, Mexico	151
Universiti Teknologi Mara	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	151
University for the Creative Arts	Canterbury, United Kingdom	151
University of California, Irvine Extension	Irvine, United States	151
University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, United States	151
University of Canberra	Canberra, Australia	151
University of Cape Town	Cape Town, South Africa	151
University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, United States	151
University of Otago	Dunedin, New Zealand	151
University of Porto	Porto, Portugal	151
University of Santiago de Chile	Santiago, Chile	151
University of Southern Denmark	Odense, Denmark	151
Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington, New Zealand	151
York University	Toronto, Canada	151
Zurich College of Arts	Zürich, Switzerland	151
Auckland University of Technology	Auckland, New Zealand	51
Cranbrook Academy of Art	Birmingham, United States	51
Curtin University	Perth, Australia	51
Griffith University	Southport, Australia	51
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht	Utrecht, Netherlands	51
Hong Kong Baptist University	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)	51
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	Mumbai, India	51
Institute of Technology Bandung	Bandung, Indonesia	51
Kingston University	London Borough of Sutton, United Kingdom	51
Lancaster University	Lancaster, United Kingdom	51
Maryland Institute College of Art	Baltimore, United States	51
Massey University	Palmerston North, New Zealand	51
National Taiwan University	Taipei, Taiwan	51
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taipei, Taiwan	51
The Ohio State University	Columbus, United States	51
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	51
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Jamundí, Colombia	51
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Shanghai, China	51
Sungkyunkwan University	Seoul, South Korea	51
Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne, Australia	51
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)	51
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation	Copenhagen, Denmark	51
The Royal Institute of Art (KKH)	Stockholm, Sweden	51
The University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	51
Umea University	Umeå, Sweden	51
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico City, Mexico	51
Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	51
Universidad Iberoamericana	Mexico City, Mexico	51
Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Bogotá, Colombia	51
University College London (UCL)	London, United Kingdom	51
University of Applied Arts Vienna	Vienna, Austria	51
University of Auckland	Auckland, New Zealand	51
University of Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	51
University of Brighton	Brighton, United Kingdom	51
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, Canada	51
University of California, San Diego	San Diego, United States	51
University of Chicago	Chicago, United States	51
University of Chile	Santiago, Chile	51
University of Lisbon	Lisbon, Portugal	51
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, United States	51
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, United States	51
University of Queensland	Brisbane, Australia	51
University of South Australia	Adelaide, Australia	51
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, United States	51
University of the Andes	Bogotá, Colombia	51
University of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	51
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, United States	51
Zhejiang University	Hangzhou, China	51

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