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Creative Arts
The Doctor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong is for students with a high level of professional experience in creative practice who wish to extend their art form within a scholarly context.

Film Practice
This Film Practice research programme from Newcastle University provides you with a unique opportunity to develop your film as a practice-led research project.

Art
The Art course from Lancaster University could focus on one of a wide range of topics within Fine Art or on a subject that crosses different disciplines.

Civil Engineering
The Civil Engineering course from Kaunas University of Technology is a double degree programme with the University of Bologna, Italy.

Music and Music Technology
This Music and Music Technology programme at the University of Huddersfield is globally recognised and encompasses composition, musicology, performance and production.

Design
The PhD research in Design at the University of Brighton has held an international reputation for design research and design studies over many decades, with innovative approaches and global success recognised across, for example, sustainable design, product design, textile design and graphic design.

Architecture
The Architecture from University of Dundee academics join the town and regional planning academics in sharing an ethos based upon Geddesian dialogues between theory and practice, localism and the international, the synoptic view and specialism.

Film and Television
The Department of Film and Television offers supervisory expertise in a wide range of subject areas, including classical Hollywood cinema, British cinema, television drama, comedy, animation and documentary. University of Bristol offers the Film and Television programme.

Music
For over 60 years, the Music PhD programme from University of Southampton has been a home for disciplinary innovation in composition, performance and all areas of music studies.

Creative Research
At the Creative Research degree from University for the Creative Arts you have the ideal setting, support, and environment to achieve your research and practice ambitions as part of our supportive research community.

Doctor of Philosophy - Design
As a doctoral research degree in Doctor of Philosophy - Design candidate at Curtin University, you will uncover new knowledge either by the discovery of new facts, the formulation of theories or the innovative reinterpretation of known data and established ideas.

Architecture
This Architecture programme at Eastern Mediterranean University offers a learning environment with a contemporary approach to education for young people of diverse cultural backgrounds.

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 Performance
Further develop and refine your vocal or instrumental Performance skills to a professional level with the PhD in Performance at Victoria University of Wellington.

Creative Arts and Media
The Creative Arts and Media from Sunway University provides students with an opportunity to carry out interdisciplinary research and contribute new understandings and insights to disciplines aligned with the School of Arts.

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.

Architecture
Cardiff University has a programme of regular research seminars, involving staff and PhD students, and an annual Research Student Conference on the Architecture programme. There are also themed workshops, eg on topics such as modelling or temple architecture.

Design (Part-Time)
The Doctorate of Design (Part-Time) programme from Northumbria University provides both practical and theoretical content that reflects the professional requirements of your field, making you stand out to employers.

Architecture
The Architecture course from Lancaster University offers a unique opportunity to draw from a range of topics within Architecture and the wider build environment.

Geography and Planning
The School of Geography and Planning is a leading international centre of excellence in teaching and research in spatial planning, human geography and urban design from Cardiff University, where you can study the Geography and Planning programme.