Overview
At Royal College of Art, our Arts and Humanities research interests are wide-ranging and reflect the expertise of our staff, focusing on arts, humanities and material practices, their scholarship and dissemination.
Features
- The School’s distinctive research culture encompasses a broad range of activities from highly individuated scholarly and creative enquiries to projects that concern public policy and evaluation, collections and archival research, material and technical explorations as well as more speculative arts practice-focused projects.
- It includes the V&A/RCA PhD in History of Design, a degree offered jointly between the RCA and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- At the RCA we offer both MPhil and PhD research degrees. Research candidates can study in part-time and full-time modes (subject to approval) and their research can be undertaken by project or thesis modes.
- The mode of research will be discussed in interview, and should be indicated in the application process.
- A postgraduate research degree challenges you to complete a research project that pushes the boundaries of our understanding.
- Unlike a taught degree, a research degree emphasises independence of learning and increased specialisation. You will manage your own research project in order to investigate your topic in depth and to produce new ideas, arguments and solutions.
- A research degree will give you the subject matter expertise and transferable skills necessary for a wide range of senior roles in research and academia, as well as in business, industry and the cultural and creative sectors.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Visual Arts View 75 other PhDs in Visual Arts in United KingdomAcademic 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.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- The programme welcomes applications from candidates from across the world and of all ages, including those with academic and professional backgrounds.
- Applications are considered in terms of quality of proposal, quality of practice (where appropriate), readiness to undertake a research degree at this level and supervisory capacity.
- Your portfolio showcases your work as an artist or designer and can be made up of images, videos or writing examples. Your portfolio helps us to understand your application better and allows you to show evidence of your ability and motivation to undertake a given programme.
- In addition to image files, please include a piece of writing (between 2000–5000 words) that demonstrates your approach to articulating ideas.
- You will need to provide your score from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination
Tuition Fee
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International
30450 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 30450 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
10250 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10250 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for London
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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