29 PhD programmes in Arts, Design & Architecture in Sweden
Architecture
Do you have an interest in design, the built environment, or urban planning? Do you want to participate and affect future housing? Then you should apply for a Architecture doctoral position at the Chalmers University of Technology.
Art History and Visual Studies
Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Gothenburg brings together researchers and teaching staff who combine critical thinking, education, expert historical knowledge and analytical competence across a broad artistic front.
Artistic Practice
Artistic Practice at the University of Gothenburg establishes a dialogue between practical questions and theoretically based methods within the field.
Performance Practices
The doctoral subject Performance Practices at the University of Gothenburg explores issues with relevance to the field of performing art, artistic research, and society as a whole.
Construction and Architecture
The research subject of Construction and Architecture at Lund University comprises the whole process of planning, construction and administration from the ideas stage to demolition and reuse.
Musicology
Musicology at the University of Gothenburg provides a distinctly interdisciplinary forum where music history, aesthetics of music, ethnomusicology and culturally focused music research come together and enrich each other.
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 purpose of the doctoral program in Musical Performance and Interpretation at the University of Gothenburg is to educate musicians and composers in different genres to use relevant scholarly and artistic methods and theories in order to independently conduct research that contributes new knowledge and methods to their field.
Design
Design research at Linköping University covers many different activities, from scientific studies to experiments, often in innovative combinations guided by the desire for in-depth knowledge about the essence of design and how it may develop in the future.
The Built Environment and Society - Management, Economics and Law
This PhD in The Built Environment and Society - Management, Economics and Law is offered by the Department of Real Estate and Construction Management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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.
Architecture
The KTH Royal Institute of Technology doctoral programme in Architecture at postgraduate level manages, develops and communicates knowledge of architecture.
Cinema Studies
The Department of Media Studies (IMS) at Stockholm University offers a doctoral programme in Cinema Studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Cinema Studies has been defined as nationally outstanding and internationally prominent by Stockholm University.
Film Studies
The discipline of Film Studies at the University of Gothenburg is rooted in a pluralistic, international and interdisciplinary research and study environment.
Music Performance
Music Performance at Luleå University of Technology is a subject where artistic issues relevant to musical creativity and learning are examined.
Art, Technology and Design
The doctoral programme in Art, Technology and Design is a joint venture between KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Konstfack (University College of Arts, Crafts and Design), launched with the aim to strengthen the exchange between artistic and scientific forms of knowledge.
Spatial Planning
Spatial Planning researchers at Blekinge Institute of Technology study how planning works and which control mechanisms have an impact on spatial planning. They also study how planning processes, at different levels, are initiated and controlled and which institutions and actors are involved. The environmental and sustainability effects are also included.
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.
Conservation
As a doctoral student in Conservation at the University of Gothenburg, you can conduct research into the conservation of historical cultural objects, craft studies problems or studies of the diverse values of the built environment and the landscape.
Architecture
The Architecture subject at Lund University addresses the significance of architecture and spatial design for the relationship between people and the built environment.