Overview

Cardiff Metropolitan University School of Art and Design is an excellent place to be a research student. We have a highly supportive creative research culture which is both vibrant and rich. This is evidenced by the range of research groups operating within disciplinary, multi-disciplinary and transdisciplinary fields.

Features

We actively collaborate where we can with academic, cultural and industrial partners as we engage with leading edge technologies and ideas in our studies and research in engineering, material arts, fine arts, and the histories theories and philosophies of art and design.

CSAD’s research students generate new knowledge and have an impact in the UK and around the world. Research students in CSAD have published research and exhibited with implications for society and its many cultures, for industry and commerce and in individual lives and communities in the UK and around the world.

Programme Structure

Research groups include:

ARCA: CARDI (Climate Adaptation Research and Design Initiatives)
ARCA: Design Futuring Research
Artistic Research Cardiff
CARIAD (Centre for Applied Research in Inclusive Art & Design)
Creative Learning Research
RiMS (Research into Masculinities)
Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment (SuRBe)
Visual Culture Research Group

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-04-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

83

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Design Visual Arts View 41 other PhDs in Design in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

83

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Other requirements

General requirements

Candidates applying for research study towards a doctoral award should normally have an upper second class honours (2:1) undergraduate degree or better from a recognised higher education institution or a postgraduate degree or a qualification deemed by the university to be equivalent to this level.
Depending on your prior research experience it is usual for you to be initially enrolled onto an MRes/PhD or MPhil/PhD.

Tuition Fee

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International

17600 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17600 GBP per year
National

5500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5500 GBP per year

Living costs for Cardiff

628 - 1066 GBP /month

Living costs

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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