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Media and Communications
Research in Media and Communications at the University of Brighton critically analyses the role of media institutions, as well as the changing landscape of media industries and cultural production.

Music
Music at University of Hull has a long-standing history of high quality research. Our internationally excellent and world-leading research in popular music, jazz studies, sonic arts, and music psychology was recognised by the Research Excellence Framework of 2014.

Musicology
Want to further your research on how music has developed over time and in different cultures across the world? Pursue the Musicology degree at the University of Birmingham where you'll be supervised by world leading academics with specialist knowledge in your research area.

Music Performance
Music Performance at University of Hullhas a long-standing history of high quality research. Our internationally excellent and world-leading research in popular music, jazz studies, sonic arts, and music psychology was recognised by the Research Excellence Framework of 2014.

Design Innovation
By undertaking the Design Innovation programme from Loughborough University, you will have the opportunity to work with top researchers and industry leaders and gain first-hand experience of real-life problem-solving.

Arts and Education
Ready to discover and create new knowledge? The Doctor of Philosophy (Arts and Education) at Charles Sturt University is the platform to do just that.

Art and Design
The Department of Art and Design at the University of Chester can be pursued either through conventional text-based studies or through a combination of studio-based activities where individual creative practice forms a significant part of the intellectual inquiry supported by a critical commentary.

Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based
Explore creative, practice-based research with the Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based programme from University of Birmingham. Supported by our academic experts, your project might include new performance techniques, examine a particular aspect of theatre practice or involve a specific community of participants

Art and Design
Apply for a funded AHRC studentship as part of the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

The Science of Synaesthesia and Crossmodal Experience as a Basis of Robust Parameters for a Visual Language of Sound
This project aims to build upon recent developments in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology that have shed new light on the concept of synaesthesia and cross-modal experiences. The Science of Synaesthesia and Crossmodal Experience as a Basis of Robust Parameters for a Visual Language of Sound programme is offered by University of Dundee.

Theatre and Performance
Theatre and Performance at University of Hull has a strong reputation for world-leading and internationally excellent research.

Music
This Music PhD programme from the University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

Architecture
At the University of Reading, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Architecture.

Film, Theatre and Television
Our Department was one of the first in the country to offer practice-as-research PhDs. This type of Film, Theatre and Television doctorate at University of Reading allows you to refine your ideas and present your postgraduate research as both practice and thesis.

Creative Arts and Cultural Industries
The Creative Arts and Cultural Industries programme offered at SOAS University of London provides advanced training and research experience at a doctoral level in the broad areas at the intersection of the Arts and cultural production and the cultural economy.

History and Theory of Arts
The History and Theory of Arts study programme from Kaunas University of Technology is provided in the interdisciplinary research area and focuses on three fields: theory of architecture and urbanism, history and musicology. University graduates of various areas are admitted to doctoral studies taking into consideration their scientific input in their chosen topic.

Music
The Music programme from SOAS University of London will help you pursue research on a wide range of subjects, mainly but not exclusively focused on the music of Asia and Africa.

Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) seeks to foster innovation within creative practice, employ creative practice as a methodology to enhance other disciplines or domains, and contribute towards an explicit and transparent knowledge base that furthers our disciplines in the future. This Art and Design programme is offered at the University of Dundee.

Smart Buildings and Cities
The Smart Buildings and Cities program from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) wants to contribute to the transition towards smart, intelligent and sustainable cities where quality of life is high.

PhD in Architecture and Design
Gain the skills and knowledge required in the architecture profession, including the ability to visualise spatial subjects in three dimensions with the Architecture and Design degree at the Victoria University of Wellington.