10 PhD programmes in Visual Arts in Scotland, United Kingdom

Beyond Representation - Painting as Embodied Practice
The Beyond Representation - Painting as Embodied Practice programme is offered by University of Dundee.

Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism
What are your understandings and experiences of historical and contemporary legacies of Scottish colonial history and how can they be share and communicated through contemporary art practice and research? Join the Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism programme from the University of Dundee to find out more.

Gendered Aesthetics in Visual Culture
This Gendered Aesthetics in Visual Culture project at University of Dundee invites applications for those interested in and generating new theories of aesthetics or contents analysis of contemporary and/or historic art.

Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement
How can Peircean semiotic theory facilitate this in visual communication’s primary audiences for mutual benefit? The Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement programme is offered by the University of Dundee.

Art and Design
Apply for a funded AHRC studentship as part of the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

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.
Practice-Based Design
The School actively supports practice-based Practice-Based Design course at Heriot-Watt University as a route whereby working designers can develop their own creative visions, techniques and methods through rigorous research.
Doctoral Study
The Doctoral Study, PhD course from The Glasgow School of Art has a distinctive specialist, practice-led research culture which is widely recognised internationally.
Contemporary Art and Activism
This Contemporary Art and Activism PhD at Robert Gordon University would examine aspects of the vexed relationship between art and activism.
Yugoslavism in Contemporary Art
This Yugoslavism in Contemporary Art PhD degree at Robert Gordon University call seeks an art/cultural historian or practising artist or curator, to conduct research into an aspect or aspects, of the persistence of the Yugoslav past in present post-Yugoslav visual culture.