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Drama by Research
Drama at Kent is known for its dynamic and inclusive research community. Whether you are interested in acting, directing, physical theatre, accessibility and disability, history, dance, psychology, philosophy, gender, comedy, popular performance, or politics, we have the academic expertise to support your research.
Art History
The Art History graduate program at The University of New Mexico is organized into two major areas of concentration, each of which integrates several fields of specialization—Art of the Americas and a general concentration in Art History.
Fine Arts and Art Conservation
In this Fine Arts and Art Conservation programme at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, you will gain advanced, detailed knowledge related to this area of research.
Art and Design (Postgraduate Research)
The aim of the Art and Design (Postgraduate Research) programme offered by the University of Wolverhampton is to give each student the best possible foundation from which to launch further research and career development.
Architecture
PhDs are not only essential for those pursuing a career in academia, but also offers the practitioners to develop areas of expertise, or to acquired the knowledge and skills required to facilitate innovation within the context of practice. Learn more with the Architecture programme from University of Kent.
Performance Studies
The Graduate Group in Performance Studies at University of California, Berkeley provides an interdisciplinary and individually crafted curriculum directed at advanced studies in the literatures, performances, cultural contexts, and theories of performance throughout the world.
Art
The Art programme at Manchester Metropolitan University will help you advance or change your career, deepen your expertise, and expand your research and practical skills.
Art
An intensive program at University of Georgia with tracks in Art Education and Art History. Students engage in intensive research and work closely with faculty mentors. They procure jobs at universities and museums and routinely secure tenure track and curatorial positions.
Composition
At the Catholic University of America, the Doctor of Musical Arts — the Departments of Music's highest professional Composition degree — is designed for those students who have already demonstrated significant compositional achievement, and who show great professional promise.
Landscape Architecture
A Ph.D. degree with a concentration in Landscape Architecture is also offered through the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida.
Piano Pedagogy
The Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Piano Pedagogy degree at the Catholic University of America is offered to selected qualified students as a recognition of high professional attainment.
PhD Programme
The PhD Programme offered by Architectural Association develops advanced research expertise in architectural history, theory, and urban studies through critical and interdisciplinary investigation of the built environment.
Piano
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 Piano.
Planning
SCARP is interested in attracting students to its PhD Planning program at University of British Columbia who are interested in topics broadly related to the transition to sustainability through the democratization of planning approaches.
Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama
The Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama program at Northwestern University is a cross-school program featuring faculty and coursework that span the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts.
Music - Musicology
Students in the Music - Musicology program at Northwestern University design a course of study incorporating their individual interests and a broad-based approach to contemporary music research.
Film Studies and Media Studies
The Film Studies and Media Studies programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores film, media, and popular culture through advanced research into cinema, television, digital media, spectatorship, cultural production, and contemporary media practices.
Architecture, Building and Planning
The Melbourne School of Design (MSD) attracts outstanding local and international graduates to undertake innovative research on built environment topics through our Architecture, Building and Planning PhD degree at the University of Melbourne.
Theatre and Performance Studies
The MA and PhD programs in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University emphasize our collective interest in theatre, performance, and cultural politics.
Architecture
The college at University of Florida offers an interdisciplinary Architecture program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in design, construction, and planning.