60 PhD programmes in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

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.

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.

The Open University UK art history discipline has a strong record of pioneering and world-class research in Modern and Contemporary Art and Theory.

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.

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 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.

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.

The Global and Cross Cultural Art degree at The Open University UK has a tradition of teaching and research that explores how art, people and ideas become distinctive through their movement across the globe.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Professional Doctorate in Art and Design at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is designed to create a deep understanding of you and your place and perception of the world of Art and Design in all of its forms and representation.

The Swansea College of Art - Doctor of Philosophy degree is an internationally recognised qualification which affords students the opportunity to investigate a topic relevant to the Faculty’s areas of expertise under the supervision of a team of qualified academic staff at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

The Art and Design research at Nottingham Trent University is dynamic and imaginative. We have an outward looking research culture, with a strong focus on art and design practice as a significant contributor to cultural enrichment, social dynamics and economic vitality.

The Doctoral Study, PhD course from The Glasgow School of Art has a distinctive specialist, practice-led research culture which is widely recognised internationally.