Overview
We welcome proposals for major research projects at Master’s and PhD level. You will find a wide range of themes and areas of expertise among our academic staff. Applicants interested in undertaking a major piece of research should familiarise themselves with our specific specialisms and interests in order to ensure that adequate supervision is available.
Our staff expertise
Our staff profiles includes key information about our research interests and activities that can help you in applying to us.
PhD and MPhil in Architecture
Study in a diverse and innovative research culture encompassing architectural history, conservation, design, theory, technology, environment, sustainability, digital media and design.
PhD and MPhil in Landscape Architecture
Develop the discipline and engage with a wider policy and practice constituency based on innovative, practice-led research, sustainable landscapes, or the work of the OPENspace research centre.
PhD by Design
The PhD by Design in Architecture offers an opportunity for candidates to pursue practice-led research in the field of design at the highest level.
PhD and MPhil in Cultural Studies
We invite interdisciplinary research in city and visuality, graffiti and semiotic landscapes, place and memory, materiality of language and multimodal representations.
MSc by Research in Architecture
Study at an advanced level in history and theory of architecture, digital media, technology, structures and materials, and sustainable design.
MSc by Research in Sound Design
An opportunity to explore in depth an area of sound design research whilst expanding your skill set as a sonic artist.
MSc by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practices
A unique programme that responds to emerging practices that work across diverse disciplines in the creative arts, humanities, and physical and social sciences.
MSc by Research in Reflective Design Practices
Offers experienced practitioners an opportunity to reflect critically on the nature of their practice. It is a platform to negotiate, invent, propose, chart, and speculate upon future directions in all forms of design.
MSc by Research in Digital Animation
This is a unique programme allowing students the freedom to develop their own interests on the theme of digital animation.
MSc by Research in Digital Media and Culture
This is a distinctive programme allowing students a great deal of freedom to determine their own paths and interests.
MSc by Research in Digital Studio Practice
For students with a background in digital media wanting to extend their study through a series of practical research-led projects.
MSc by Research in Cultural Studies
This programme offers a unique learning context of theoretically grounded courses in which the traditional seminar format is challenged by an experimental interdisciplinary studio-style learning and critical reviews
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This article was published on Apr 5, 2013