Key Information
- Duration: Full-time, 48 months
- Start date: September 2027
- Application deadline: Apply before June 2027
- Language: English, Lithuanian
- Credits: 30 ECTS
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Kaunas, Lithuania
- Disciplines: Visual Arts, Art History, Musicology
Overview
History and Theory of Arts programme's doctoral students are encouraged to apply various theoretical models and methodological tools of humanities, social and technological sciences besides the classical methods of the critics of arts using both internal scientific resources of Kaunas University of Technology and those of their international partners. Graduates of various university studies are accepted to the doctoral programme with regard to their scientific experience within the selected…
topic.
Key facts
The objective of the work of PhD students is to look at the identified problem or phenomenon from the complex perspective and propose innovative research methodology for discovery of the new knowledge or regularities contributing to the current scientific comprehension of the studied phenomenon.
Accreditation
Right to doctoral studies approved by the order No. V-1019 of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania of 8 June 2011.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Artistic Text and Its Research Methods;
- Cultural Ecology;
- Empirical Musicology;
- Musical Semiotics;
- Transdisciplinary Research Methods;
- Urban Genotypes.
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
Mathematics Requirements
Online Mathematics Placement Test (OMPT) applies to students without alternative proof: OMPT-D, minimum score of 75%.
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 75 or IELTS: 5.5.
Other requirements
- Application indicating the science field, the topic and the form of funding (online);
- Official legalised Master’s diploma with the diploma supplement or a higher education degree equivalents and academic transcripts (translated into English or Lithuanian and notary verified) and the certificate of recognition if higher education qualification acquired abroad;
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Recommendations by two researchers of the relevant science field;
- A research proposal on the selected topic;
- A copy of a valid personal document: a passport (for citizens of all countries) or an ID card (only for citizens of the European Union);
- A copy of the receipt of the application fee payment (55 EUR for EU citizens, and 132 EUR for non-EU citizens).
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees: International and domestic students: Free.
Living costs in Kaunas, Lithuania: 689–1,191 AUD / month.
Scholarships may be available. For more information, please visit the programme website.
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