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Music - Composition
The Music - Composition program at Louisiana State University is offered to students who show promise as outstanding composers and creative innovators.
Strings
The mission of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma is to advance learning, teaching, scholarly and creative activity, and service. The school offers this degree in Strings.
Art History and Visual Culture
This Art History and Visual Culture program at York University focuses on the Canadian heritage in the visual arts, including works of art made by Canadians as well as works that have been brought to Canada and remain here on a permanent basis.
Cinema and Media Studies
At University of Washington, our five-year Ph.D. program in Cinema and Media Studies concentrates on scholarship and research as preparation for teaching at the university or college level in cinema and media studies.
Text and Image Studies
We have outstanding facilities in the field of Text and Image Studies, from the holdings of the library from University of Glasgow, including the Stirling Maxwell Collection, and The Hunterian, to an environment that includes world-leading publications and journals, the hosting of conferences, and exhibition curation.
Music Education
The Music Education faculty at Boston University aim to prepare students to work effectively within contemporary music and education landscapes.
Music
The Department of Music at University of California, Berkeley is one of the oldest and most prominent in the country, bringing together a renowned group of composers, scholars, and performers.
Jazz Performance
At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, we offer our graduate students a DMA degree in Jazz Performance
Drama, Theatre and Dance
The Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance at Royal Holloway University of London is one of three departments in The School of Performing and Digital Arts along with the Departments of Media Arts and Music. We have an international reputation for the excellence of our research.
Design Research
The Design Research programme offered by De Montfort University develops advanced research expertise in sustainable design, product innovation, materials, and creative practice, enabling students to investigate design challenges through interdisciplinary and industry-focused research.
Design
Our PhD course at University of Leeds will allow you to become an expert in a specialist area and gain high-quality research training in Design.
Music
The D.M.A. Music program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers emphases in performance (applied instrument or chamber music), composition, jazz studies, and conducting.
Drama, Theatre and Performance
The Drama, Theatre and Performance degree at University of Roehampton aims to provide its research students with the opportunity to study in a stimulating, responsive, supportive environment, which fosters independent, critical thinking.
Arts Administration
Advance your career or academic aspirations by pursuing a PhD in Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky.
Film and Screen Studies
The Film and Screen Studies programme from the University of Cambridge offers the opportunity to pursue doctoral study in a specifically designated programme.
Urban Studies
Urban Studies at University of Glasgow is widely recognised as a world-leading centre for innovative, interdisciplinary urban research with high international impact.
Design
The Design programme offered by Manchester Metropolitan University enables doctoral researchers to deepen their expertise while developing advanced research and practical skills in design and related creative disciplines.
History of Art
The Department of History of Art at University of California, Berkeley offers a two-stage integrated master's and doctoral program (MA/PhD) in preparation for college teaching, writing, and specialized curatorial careers.
Built Environment
Through advanced coursework and research in the Built Environment course at RMIT University, you will develop sophisticated research, technical and critical analytical skills.
Design
The Design programme from Politecnico di Milano aims at educating researcher-designers who will contribute original knowledge to the field of design by tackling the problems and identifying the potential of contemporary society.