43 Part-time PhD programmes in Art History

The University of Brighton has an established reputation for pioneering research into art, design and material culture and is a recognised centre of excellence both nationally and internationally for design history. It offers this PhD in History of Design and History of Art.

The teaching of Art History at Aberystwyth University is now in its 90th year and our splendidly restored Edwardian building celebrates its centenary. The School is well equipped with large studios, print workshops, darkrooms, lecture theatres, seminar rooms, a MacSuite, galleries, archive room, and Museum.

Art is where cultural, creative and historical characteristics are expressed–in timeless works that ultimately belong to us all. Cultural Art History at Warnborough College fully explores the cultural cross-fertilization of traditions manifested in works of art—and the influences underlying their production.

Designed for high performing university graduates, the Creative Arts program from James Cook University is a postgraduate research degree with a supervised project of original research at its core. Develop high level independent research skills while making an original contribution of knowledge to a specific discipline or area of practice. 

The Department of Art History at The Open University UK welcomes proposals situated in 18th-century art, architecture and design in this Eighteenth-Century Art and Visual Culture programme.

This Conservation of Cultural Heritage programme at University of Lincoln is designed for students who have a passion to pursue a conservation or heritage-based research project defined by themselves, but with the support of an academic environment and supervisors.

The Art History and Visual Culture MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter draws on our established, internationally recognised research activity in Art History and Visual Culture.

The University of Sussex offers research supervision in the history of art and architecture in this Art History PhD programme.

The Doctor of Philosophy – Arts – also known as a PhD or Doctorate – is the highest Arts degree offered by the University of Melbourne. 

Explore 21st century Art History at University of Plymouth and learn about this ever-expanding discipline, marked by interdisciplinary cross-overs, varied and competing methodologies, and a huge range of objects of study that can break through the boundaries of the traditional notion of ‘art’.

This History of Artcourse from the University of Cambridge offers the opportunity for independent research under the supervision of an expert member of staff.

For the PhD in Art History and Theory at University of Essex  of offer supervision across a range of fields and have a long tradition of postgraduate training in all the major areas of European art and architecture from 1300 to the present, and in the art and architecture of Latin America and the United States.

While studying for an MPhil or PhD in Art programme at University of Lincoln, students are expected to undertake independent research in an area of their choice, supervised and supported by a team of academics.

Critically assess art from the medieval period to the present day, and learn to analyse its style, content, meaning, theory and aesthetics. At the University of St Andrews School of Art History, you will focus on the major arts of painting, sculpture and architecture, but your studies can also encompass applied art, performance art, graphic art and photography. 

The History of Art programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London engages with interdisciplinary approaches to art history through research collaboration, archival resources, museum engagement, and the study of visual culture.

The DPhil in History of Art at University of Oxford is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of successful completion of an individual research thesis and an oral examination. 

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.

The postgraduate programme at the School of Art History and Cultural Policy from University College Dublin incorporates both full and part-time research degrees at MLitt and PhD level in Art History, and in Cultural Policy and Arts Management.  

A key area of specialist interest in the Art History discipline at The Open University UK is the History of Architecture and Design, in the early modern and modern periods.

The Doctor of Philosophy in History of Art is offered within the Wits School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.