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Creative Arts
The Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong is an advanced postgraduate research degree that develops research skills and provides high achieving candidates with the opportunity to conduct in-depth research in their chosen field of research.

Creative Arts
The Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) 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.

PhD in Theatre
Enhance your career prospects and gain advanced theoretical and technical knowledge with postgraduate study of the PHd in Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington.

Digital Humanities
This Digital Humanities degree from School of Advanced Study, University of London demonstrates the value of digital research to the wider humanities community and fulfils the School’s remit to promote and facilitate digitally enabled research across the disciplines.

Humanities
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Humanities doctoral programme provides training for students who intend to pursue professional and academic careers.

Philosophy
Throughout this Philosophy PhD course from University of East Anglia you'll have opportunities to work at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances.

Social Sciences and Humanities
The Social Sciences and Humanities programme at Aston University welcomes applications for the doctoral programme in any of the research areas covered by the School.

Theatre Studies
This Theatre Studies course from Lancaster University could focus on one of a wide range of topics within Theatre Studies or on a subject that crosses different disciplines.

Doctor of Philosophy - Social Sciences
As a research degree in Doctor of Philosophy - Social Sciences 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.

Doctor of Philosophy - Humanities
As a doctoral research candidate in Doctor of Philosophy - Humanities 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.
Humanities
Humanities from University of Nova Gorica is based on intellectual exchange of foreign and Slovenian teaching staff, researchers, and students in the humanities and social sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Humanities and Social Sciences programme from Hamad Bin Khalifa University is the first degree of its kind in Qatar, and one of the few in the world providing students with the philosophical and technical grounding to design and tailor their own interdisciplinary program while being able to specialize through a dissertation.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Through the Interdisciplinary Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter all students have a primary and a secondary supervisor who provide regular, high quality advice, support and direction in their academic endeavours. You will work closely with your supervisors to develop, investigate and write-up a project at the cutting edge of research.
Philosophy
The Doctor of Philosophy from University of Canberra is a 4-year full-time equivalent 96 credit points (CP) doctoral higher degree by research course available across a range of disciplines within our University faculties, centres and research institutes.
Humanities and Social Sciences of Medicine
The Humanities and Social Sciences of Medicine program at the University of Lausanne reflects specifically upon the integration of medicine and health care into society at large, in both a critical and constructive way.
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
In the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences programme from Bournemouth University, we conduct research in areas such as healthcare, midwifery, nursing, leadership or dementia, as well as radiography and medical imaging, nutrition, exercise, the social sciences, humanisation and social work.
Proficiency in Art
The Proficiency in Art programme from Yasar University refers to specialization in one subject with the inspiration from other disciplines.
Theatre Studies
The PhD in Theatre Studies at University of Victoria offers training and mentorship from leading theatre scholars and professionals to support the development of a research project that marks an original contribution to the field of theatre studies.
Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has become a vibrant, rapidly growing field in recent years. It witnessed major innovations, new technologies and methods, bringing together research initiatives in the arts and humanities with cutting edge empirical methods from data science, machine learning, visualization and other fields.
Interdisciplinary Studies
At the University of Glasgow’s rural campus in Dumfries we provide a friendly and focused learning environment with a high level of access to Interdisciplinary Studies.