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76 Part-time PhD programmes in Visual Arts

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.

Visual Cultures
At Queen Mary University of London, we invite applications from highly motivated students who wish to apply to our new PhD Programme in Visual Cultures.

Art and Design
Undertaking the Art and Design degree at University of Huddersfield means joining a creative, collaborative research community.

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.
Children's Book Illustration
The Children's Book Illustration programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores the art of children's book illustration through practice-led research, combining creative practice with theoretical enquiry to develop original contributions to this growing field.
Drama
The Drama MPhil/PhD course from The University of Exeter is an internationally-renowned centre for practice, research and teaching, and offers a supportive and stimulating environment for postgraduate research and practice, welcoming students from around the world.
Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory
The Open University UK art history discipline has a strong record of pioneering and world-class research in Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory.
Art and Media
The Art and Media course at University of Plymouth welcomes applications for both practice-led and more traditional forms of doctoral research across art and media including interdisciplinary practices, philosophical, curatorial and pedagogic research.
Arts, Education and Sciences
At the Nanyang Technological University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Arts, Education and Sciences.
Art History and Visual Studies
Our Art History and Visual Studies PhD programme at The University of Manchester offers the opportunity to conduct in-depth research in an area of particular interest.
Theatre Studies
Theatre and Drama in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at University of Essex is led by a vibrant group of theatre practitioners and who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching.
Performance Practice
The Performance Practice MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter offers you an opportunity to extend and reflect on your creative performance practice. The area of study is entirely dependent upon your expertise, and could include playwriting, acting, directing, physical theatre, dance theatre, music theatre, or music performance.
Postdigital Cultures
The Postdigital Cultures programme offered by Coventry University investigates the social, cultural, political, and technological dimensions of postdigital society, exploring how digital systems shape contemporary life, institutions, communities, and futures.
Global and Cross Cultural Art
The Department of Art History has a tradition of teaching and research that explores how art, people and ideas become distinctive through their movement across the globe. This Global and Cross Cultural Art programme is offered at The Open University UK.
Arts Management and Cultural Policy
The Arts Management and Cultural Policy programme at Queen's University Belfast examines cultural policy, cultural production, participation, audience development, equality, diversity, international exchange, cultural economy, governance, sustainability, and the influence of new technologies on cultural sectors.
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University develops research in visual arts through practice-oriented approaches and critical engagement with contemporary artistic production.
Art and Design
The purpose of the Art and Design programme at the University of Johannesburg is to enable students to undertake research at the most advanced academic level culminating in the submission, assessment and acceptance of a thesis.
Art and Design (Distance Learning)
Undertaking the Art and Design (Distance Learning) degree at University of Huddersfield means joining a creative, collaborative research community.
Arts Management and Cultural Policy
The Arts Management and Cultural Policy programme at The University of Manchester links together these interdisciplinary fields to support research into the organisation of the arts, creative and cultural practices and their relationship to broader society, power relations and governance.
Art History and Visual Culture
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.