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Cinema Studies
The Cinema Studies programme at University of Canterbury is offered within the Department of English. Our Honours courses are coded as English courses, but the Cinema Studies Honours year focuses on film topics and has specific prerequisites.

Music
Music research at Brunel University of London focuses on composition and musicology, and with the practice-based work in music, it is recognised as ‘of world-leading significance’ and demonstrating an ‘impressive stylistic breadth’.
Architecture and the Built Environment
A PhD is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Architecture and the Built Environment programme at 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, Construction and Environment
This Architecture, Construction and Environment programme from University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to explore innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work.

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.

Art, Design, Media and Fashion
We're proud to offer a supportive and creative environment in which to carry out your work, and we encourage interdisciplinary engagement with other areas of research. We offer a Art, Design, Media and Fashion degree at the University of Southampton.
Fashion and Textiles
This Fashion and Textiles PhD programme from the University of Huddersfieldallows 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.

Integrative Systems and Design
The PhD in Integrative Systems and Design from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology trains students in leading world-class research based on their original ideas and driving a team of interdisciplinary experts to make a substantial research contribution.

Music
Within this Music course from the University of West London you will have a supervisory team made up of a Director of Studies with expertise in your chosen field, a further supervisor and, where appropriate, an additional adviser.

Design
The Design research degree offered by Brunel University of London has a well-established record of research excellence, with multidisciplinary, product-related design research grounded on strong engineering design traditions.

PhD in Theatre
Enhance your career prospects and gain advanced theoretical and technical knowledge with postgraduate study of the PHd in Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington.

Film
The Film programme is offered by the University of Southampton links national and global identities in cinema and television. We study historical approaches to cinema industries and audiences, along with the theory behind audio-visual aesthetics and their relationship with audiences.

Design and Creative Arts
Studying the Design and Creative Arts programme offered at Loughborough University offers a unique opportunity for self-discovery and personal growth. As a doctoral researcher, you will be responsible for managing your own schedule and developing your own ideas and approach, while being supported every step of the way.

Film
Within this Film MPhil, PhD programme from Newcastle University you'll form a crucial part of our research culture. Our thriving community of postgraduate students work across schools and disciplines. Research ranges from modern languages to English literature, English language, linguistics and arts and cultures.

PhD in Film
Enhance your degree with a postgraduate qualification and gain advanced knowledge and skills in PhD in Film at the Victoria University of Wellington.

Architecture and Built Environment
The University of Brighton has brought innovation and impact through research in Architecture and Built Environment and interior architecture.

Audio Engineering
On the Audio Engineering programme at the University of Surrey the primary goal is simply this: to make sound better. Our research combines elements of acoustics, digital signal processing, psychoacoustics, psychology, sound synthesis, software engineering, statistical analysis and user-interface design, with an understanding of the aesthetics of sound and music

Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement
How can Peircean semiotic theory facilitate this in visual communication’s primary audiences for mutual benefit? The Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement programme is offered by the University of Dundee.

PhD in Interior Architecture
Create indoor spaces that inspire. Learn how colour, materials, light, shape, and form can influence a person's mood or provoke a particular response with the PhD in Interior Architecture degree offered at the Victoria University of Wellington.

Design Innovation
The Design Innovation programme from Maynooth University is the highest degree offered by the Department of Design Innovation. The structured PhD programme offers a framework which facilitates independent research, whilst providing milestones for measuring progress.