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Engineering Design
The Engineering Design theme at The Open University UK addresses all stages of the engineering design process and links the properties of the products with the processes by which they are designed.
Art and Design
The Art and Design research at Nottingham Trent University is dynamic and imaginative. We have an outward looking research culture, with a strong focus on art and design practice as a significant contributor to cultural enrichment, social dynamics and economic vitality.
Architecture, Design and Planning
The Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning places a high emphasis on its research activities. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney may be undertaken across the school's active research areas: Architecture, Architectural and Design Science, the Design Lab, and Urban and Regional Planning.
Sound Studies
Sound Studies at The Open University UK is an expanding field of research that examines concepts, practices and technologies relevant to auditory culture.
Visual Studies
The Ph.D. program in Visual Studies, administered by the faculty of the Department of Art History at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), offers students the opportunity to pursue a doctorate in the cultural analysis of visual artifacts and experiences.
Creative Arts
The Creative Arts program offered by Western Sydney University aims to provide professional artists with recognition of both their practice and the contribution they make to professional and scholarly knowledge.
Art and Design
The Department of Art and Design at University of Alberta offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in the History of Art, Design and Visual Culture and Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design degrees in a wide range of studio disciplines.
Dance
The Dance department at University of Chichester has gained an international reputation in PhD studies through Practice as Research, and actively encourage applicants in this area of research practice.
Architecture
The Architecture program from Princeton University focuses on the history, theory, and criticism of architecture, urbanism, landscape, and building technology.
Music
The Music program from Columbia University incorporates three areas: historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory.
Theatre
The Ph.D. Theatre program at University of British Columbia offers students the opportunity to pursue theatre studies through coursework, comprehensive examination preparations and a doctoral dissertation project.
Built Environment
The School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University has a dynamic and thriving research programme within a research environment that is internationally recognised for its quality and impact.
Musicology
Our graduate program in Musicology at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill aims to produce well-rounded scholars who will have the knowledge and skills to teach at the highest professional level and produce original research of quality and significance.
Arts
The Doctor of Philosophy – Arts – also known as a PhD or Doctorate – is the highest Arts degree offered by the University of Melbourne.
Composition
The DMA in Composition at Stanford University is offered to a limited number of students who demonstrate substantial training in the field and high promise of attainment as composers.
History of Art
At the Yale University we offer our graduate students a phd degree in History of Art. You are welcome to join us!
Music (Musicology)
The PhD Music (Musicology) programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to develop historical and/or analytical skills at an advanced level, with independence and originality of thought combined with technical skill.
Music (Orchestral Conducting)
Graduate studies in Music (Orchestral Conducting) at the University of Washington prepare students for careers in academia and performance; our programs also promote individual courses of study that allow musicians, scholars, and composers to aspire to excellence in performance, research, and creation.
Music (Wind Conducting)
Graduate studies in Music (Wind Conducting) at the University of Washington prepare students for careers in academia and performance.
Music Theory
Graduate studies in Music Theory at the University of Washington prepare students for careers in academia and performance.