28 PhD programmes in Arts, Design & Architecture in Sweden
Performance Practices
The Performance Practices programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in live artistic creation, performative inquiry, and practice-based knowledge production.
Architecture
The Architecture programme offered by Chalmers University of Technology develops advanced research expertise in design, the built environment, and urban development.
Musicology
The Musicology programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in musical cultures, media, and historical change.
Art History and Visual Studies
The Art History and Visual Studies programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in visual culture, images, and art historical analysis.
Artistic Practice
The Artistic Practice programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in creative production, critical reflection, and practice-based knowledge creation.
Construction and Architecture
The Construction and Architecture programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in the planning, design, construction, and lifecycle management of the built environment.
Industrial Design
Through the research education at Umea University in the Industrial Design programme, designers build advanced skills in crafting practical, theoretical and methodological research contributions to the field of design that will shape the discipline for decades to come.
Musical Performance and Interpretation
The Musical Performance and Interpretation programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in artistic practice, musical knowledge creation, and performance-based inquiry.
Design
The Design programme offered by Linköping University develops advanced research expertise in interdisciplinary approaches to designing products, services, and systems for future societal challenges.
Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts
Doctoral studies in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design are based upon the foundation of artistic practice established in Konstfack’s main fields of study: fine art, craft, design and visual communication.
Spatial Planning
At Spatial Planning researchers at Blekinge Institute of Technology we research how planning influences and governs societal development.
Art, Technology and Design
The Art, Technology and Design programme offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology develops advanced research expertise at the intersection of artistic and scientific practices through interdisciplinary approaches.
Cinema Studies
The Cinema Studies programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in moving images and screen cultures across historical and contemporary contexts.
Music Performance
Music Performance at Luleå University of Technology is a subject where artistic issues relevant to musical creativity and learning are examined.
Film Studies
The Film Studies programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in film, television, and audiovisual culture.
Architecture
The Architecture programme offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology develops advanced research expertise in architectural theory, design, and the planning of the built environment.
Culture and Aesthetics
The Culture and Aesthetics programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in artistic, cultural, and intellectual traditions across multiple disciplines.
Human-Technology-Design
The Human-Technology-Design programme offered by Chalmers University of Technology develops advanced research expertise in the interaction between humans, technology, and design processes.
Musicology
The Department of Musicology at Uppsala University boasts a wide range of research interests and projects. Our education and research on music is based on perspectives on humanistic knowledge, with a focus on cultural, historical and aesthetic issues.
Fine and Performing Arts
The Fine and Performing Arts programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise through independent artistic practice and interdisciplinary artistic inquiry.