Fine Art

Apply before Dec 2026, National — This is an estimated deadline. The deadline applies if you have the same nationality as the university.

Starting April 2027

• Apply before Feb 2027, International — This is an estimated deadline. The deadline is applicable to students from outside the European Economic Area who want to study within the EEA, or to students who want to study outside the EEA but are not nationals of that country.
• Apply before Mar 2027, National — This is an estimated deadline. The deadline applies if you have the same nationality as the university.

Starting September 2027

• Apply before Jul 2027, International — This is an estimated deadline. The deadline is applicable to students from outside the European Economic Area who want to study within the EEA, or to students who want to study outside the EEA but are not nationals of that country.
• Apply before Aug 2027, National — This is an estimated deadline. The deadline applies if you have the same nationality as the university.

Language

English

TOEFL iBT: 80

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

• Cambridge, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Fine Arts

Overview

Informed by your particular discipline, you'll critically contextualise your work, clarifying both theoretical and practical research-based enquiries, and producing distinctive contributions to the research field.

Learning outcomes

• You'll be allocated two supervisors, with additional staff members available if necessary. Fine Art supervisors are experienced in most areas of contemporary fine art, including recent issues in painting and the expanded field of contemporary practice; objects, installation and the virtual; interdisciplinary work with sound and video; performance art practices and their relationship to liveness and documentation; the interdisciplinary nature of printmaking; and landscape, mapping and ambulatory practices.
• At Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, you'll be part of a vibrant and growing community of researchers at PhD level. We provide various research forums that accentuate the discursive and interdisciplinary nature of research, including the Fine Art Research Unit (FARU), which holds regular seminars and informal presentations for postgraduate and research students, and the StoryLab Research Institute.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

• Photography, video and print media and intermedial/performative approaches to these, through shared language and the deployment of technology
• Abstraction and indeterminacy in painting and music
• The relationship of sound and image in recent video work
• Nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century art, art and the fantastic, Bollywood cinema, visual narratives

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

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

English requirements

TOEFL iBT: 80

Other requirements

General requirements

• PhD: You'll need a Masters degree or equivalent in a related subject area.
• If English is not your first language, you'll require a minimum IELTS score of 6.5, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (or equivalent test). If you don't meet our English language requirements, we offer a range of courses which could help you achieve the level required for entry.

Tuition Fees

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

• International (non-residents): 29,896 AUD / year (≈ 15,900 GBP / year)
• Domestic (citizens or residents): 8,999 AUD / year (≈ 4,786 GBP / year)

Living costs

Cambridge, United Kingdom: 1,591-2,755 AUD / month

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

Scholarships

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Fine Art.

• Sport Scholarship — Provided by university — Grant: 12,500 GBP — Deadline: Anytime — Merit-based — Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Fulbright U.S. Student Program — Independent provider — Grant: Various benefits — Deadline: 07 Oct 2026 — U.S. government
• ACES Scholarships — Independent provider — Grant: 3,500 USD — Deadline: 15 Nov 2026 — ACES Education Fund
• ServiceScape Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: 1,000 USD — Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 — ServiceScape
• Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility — Independent provider — Grant: Various benefits — Deadline: Not specified — Merit-based — OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
• Scholarships for PhD Students — Independent provider — Grant: 19,000 GBP — Deadline: Not specified — Merit-based — Junhua Li
• Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: Various benefits — Deadline: 28 Feb 2027 — Merit-based — Boustany Foundation
• Amberscholar Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: 6,000 USD — Deadline: 31 Jan 2027 — Merit-based — Amber Scholar
• $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: 1,000 USD — Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 — Merit-based — IvyPanda
• Voice Talent Online Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: 1,000 USD — Deadline: 01 Mar 2027 — Voice Talent Online
• Dream Chaser Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: 1,000 USD — Deadline: 13 Jan 2027 — Merit-based — Salvado Law
• Scholarship for students with disabilities — Independent provider — Grant: 3,000 USD — Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 — Need-based — Anonymous Hope Fund
• Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids — Independent provider — Grant: 22,500 GBP — Deadline: Not specified — UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
• The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship — Independent provider — Grant: 1,500 USD — Deadline: Not specified — IELTS from 6 to 9
• Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme — Independent provider — Grant: 12,000 USD — Deadline: 11 Jan 2027 — The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.