54 PhD programmes in Arts, Design & Architecture in Canada
Voice
The D.M.A. Voice program at University of British Columbia is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level.
Architecture
Architecture from McGill University is a research degree with a thesis. The foundations for the doctoral thesis are developed through four (or more) courses taken in the first two years of study.
Cinema Studies
The Cinema Studies Institute offers a program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cinema Studies. Faculty members at the University of Toronto have expertise in several areas, including film history, film theory, film analysis, and film and cultural practices.
Architecture
Carleton University’s PhD in Architecture is an innovative, comprehensive doctoral program that fuses research with critical practice in architecture.
Interactive Arts and Technology
This Interactive Arts and Technology program at Simon Fraser University offers a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree in art, design, media and information technology with particular expertise in the computational and interactive aspects of art, design, new media learning, business, computer games, cognition, performing arts, social science and cultural studies.
Art History
The Queen's University’s Ph.D. in Art History is a top-tier program that gives serious students the opportunity to do advanced research with the support of an internationally recognized faculty supervisor.
Rural and Northern Health
Enhance and promote the quality and quantity of research focused on Rural and Northern Health at the Laurentian University.
Art History - Gender and Women's Studies
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Art History - Gender and Women's Studies offered by the Department of Art History & Communications in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes in-depth and rigorous learning opportunities.
Theatre and Performance Studies
The MA and PhD programs in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University emphasize our collective interest in theatre, performance, and cultural politics.
Planning
SCARP is interested in attracting students to its PhD Planning program at University of British Columbia who are interested in topics broadly related to the transition to sustainability through the democratization of planning approaches.
Art History
The PhD in Art History at Concordia University Montréal is a bilingual inter-university program that enables students to develop advanced research skills and offers a dynamic environment for the exchange of ideas across intellectual communities.
Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The centre’s own core courses focus on the program fields of Dramatic Theory, Dramaturgy, and Theatre History.
Art History
The Art History PhD program at the University of Toronto is designed to prepare students for college and university teaching, museum work, and other research positions.
Visual Arts
The Ph.D. in Visual Arts at Western University - Canada provides advanced training in art history, visual culture, and creative practices in contemporary art and new media.