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Music
The Music programme at the University of Surrey brings together a broad range of interconnected subject areas, focused in our internationally acclaimed research centres, housed in state-of-the-art facilities.

Art History and Theory
Studying the Art History and Theory programme at University of Canterbury helps you understand theories of art, material culture and aesthetics, and their relevance in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
The Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering programme offered from Loughborough University is home to a thriving community of over 60 academic staff, 40 technical and clerical support staff and over 240 active researchers that include fellows, associates, assistants, engineers and doctoral students.

Film Studies
The Film Studies programme from SOAS University of London invites applications for disciplinary and interdisciplinary research in film and screen studies with particular reference to Africa, Asia and the Near and Middle East.

Practice in Curating
In partnership with Zurich University of the Arts, at the University of Reading they have developed a practice-based doctoral programme, the PhD in Practice in Curating.

Theatre
The Theatre programme at the University of Surrey will provide you with a supportive and collegiate research experience within our conservatoire, the Guildford School of Acting (GSA).

PhD in Landscape Architecture
PhD in Landscape Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington is about exploring and envisaging better design solutions for outdoor spaces. It merges design, art, culture, nature, and science to create engaging and functional spaces.

Film, Screen and Popular Culture
The PhD in Film, Screen and Popular Culture from University of Brighton has a research culture in film and screen studies that has fostered national archives and given critical insight across practice, theory and history.

History of Art
Conduct your own research project in an area of History of Art that interests you. Join a renowned Art History, Curating and Visual Studies Department and benefit from exceptional resources including an on-campus fine art gallery. The History of Art course is offered at University of Birmingham.

Music and Sound
This Music and Sound degree from University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to engage in an extended piece of academic research, either through creative practice in the production of an original body of work, or through the production of a written thesis.

Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance
Graduate with the skills you need to be able to perform, compose or teach at a high professional level with this Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance program from Victoria University of Wellington.

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.

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.

Fine Art
The Fine Art PhD programme from Newcastle University internationally significant research profile of our staff and our excellent facilities provide a stimulating environment for practical or theoretical research.

Urban Planning
This PhD programme in Urban Planning is a research degree offered by the School of Social Sciences at the University of Dundee.

Art
At University of Reading, whether you have a clear research direction or just some emerging ideas, we can help you shape, strengthen and refine an Art PhD proposal.

Design
This Design course from the University of West London supports advanced research into visual, spatial, multi-sensory and digital design practices, with a particular focus on how design communicates meaning, identity and social change.

Theatre and Performance
University of Bristol's Theatre and Performance programme offers supervisory expertise in a wide range of subject areas, including early modern theatre and performance practices

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.

Photography
This Photography degree from University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to explore innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work.