Overview

Why Oxford Brookes University?

The School of Arts is dedicated to offering an outstanding experience for research students. As a research student you will enjoy the following benefits:

You will be able to work with one of the school’s high quality ambitious research groups.
You will study alongside talented academics working in similar fields.
While you engage in your own research, you have opportunities to interact with a dynamic research environment that is actively engaged in broad reaching arts based projects, teaching and writing funding proposals.
Students benefit from links with the wider faculty.
Students benefit from automatic membership of the Faculty Doctoral Training Programme.
24-hour access to workshop and studio facilities.
Excellent facilities in film, video, photography, print and book making, woodworking, metal, casting, and range of specialist machinery.
Weekly School of Arts practice based seminar group.
A wide variety of optional training courses, student events, lectures and other opportunities delivered in-house.
All students are allocated a Director of Studies and at least one other supervisor who they meet with regularly.
A range of personal support that includes access to a wide range of staff who are available for consultation.

Programme Structure

Research interests and groups include:

Fine Art
Film Studies
Historical and Popular Musicology
Sound Arts and Composition
Publishing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-27 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-21 00:00:00 , International

More details

It is recommended that you apply at least 6 months in advance to allow adequate time for your application to be processed

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Visual Arts View 67 other PhDs in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Entry requirement: a recent master’s degree in a discipline appropriate to the proposed research. The master’s needs to have included research training and a research project.

Research proposal
Scan of your passport
IELTS Certificate or equivalent (if required) – no older than two years from the proposed start date of your programme
Scan of your final degree certificates already awarded
Scan of transcripts
Two references (at least one academic) – your references must be on institutional headed paper and be dated and signed by referee(s). They can be sent directly to the Research Administrator in the Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment in a sealed envelope, or emailed.
Evidence of funding

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

17950 GBP / year

≈ 17950 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5106 GBP / year

≈ 5106 GBP / year

Living costs

Oxford

United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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