Key information
Duration
- Full-time: 36 months (3-4 years)
- Part-time: 72 months (part-time option only available for UK students)
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
It is common for PhD students to begin in the October following their application, fitting to normal academic term calendars.
Language
English
English proficiency tests accepted:
- Duolingo English Test: 135
- TOEFL iBT: 85
- PTE Academic: 76
- IELTS: 7
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
Brighton, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Visual Arts; Art and Craft
Overview
The PhD in Art and Creative Practices at the University of Brighton offers an inspiring and rewarding environment for postgraduate research, where innovation and knowledge is acquired and shared through creativity and arts-orientated understanding.
Characterised by a blend of scholarship, knowledge exchange, traditional and cutting-edge practices, our research has been influential in collaborative developments with diverse communities and partners locally, nationally and internationally. It is our belief that knowledge generated through the development of creative and critical practice enhances and shapes every aspect of our contemporary culture and future lives.
Key facts
- It is a research degree that has developed for the needs of practising professional, amateur and student artists, also community arts providers, curators and directors, inclusive arts practitioners, art therapists -- all those who use creative involvement in the arts as a way to develop, preserve and disseminate knowledge and understanding.
- Practice-led research in the arts can lead to knowledge in many ways. It can arise in the methods of artists' practices, artists' interventions in society, the artefacts and exhibitions produced and the ways communities engage with art. Art can communicate and question knowledge; it can disrupt what is taken for granted and define the limits of knowledge.
- Arts research can provide knowledge about practice and engagement with art, but can also be a means through which researchers understand wider issues, intersecting for example with politics, sexuality, ecology, health or psychology.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Artistic engagements with environment, memory, narrative,
- Arts practices and science, health and wellbeing
- Research into, through and with drawing
- Inclusive arts practice and social contexts
- Interactive digital arts and audience engagement
- Networked media arts practices and interventions
- Mediated performances, visions and the role of the body as site
- Creative writing and autoethnography
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 135
- TOEFL iBT: 85
- PTE Academic: 76
- IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements:
- a recognised Masters degree with a significant research component, for example MPhil from another university, or similar qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
- or substantial appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment. An application made by someone with this experience will be considered on its merits and will normally require independent academic references
- or, unless a school exercises their right to specify more stringent entry requirements, we may consider a first or upper second honours degree or other qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
International: 32,081 AUD / year (≈ 16,980 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,896 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
Additional Details: £2,619 - UK Part-time fees
Living costs
Brighton, United Kingdom: 1,540-2,613 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 Art and Creative Practices.
- Commonwealth International Scholarships - Provided by university - Grant - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified
- Alumni postgraduate scholarships - Provided by university - Grant - Various benefits - Deadline: Anytime
- Alumni Postgraduate Scholarships - Provided by university - Grant - Various benefits - Deadline: Anytime - Merit-based
- Vice-Chancellor scholarships - Provided by university - Grant - 2000 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Independent provider - Grant - Various benefits - Deadline: 07 Oct 2026
- ServiceScape Scholarship - Independent provider - Grant - 1000 USD - Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
- ACES Scholarships - Independent provider - Grant - 3500 USD - Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility - Independent provider - Grant - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified - Merit-based
- Scholarships for PhD Students - Independent provider - Grant - 19000 GBP - Deadline: Not specified - Merit-based
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship - Independent provider - Grant - Various benefits - Deadline: 28 Feb 2027 - Merit-based
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship - Independent provider - Grant - 1000 USD - Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 - Merit-based
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship - Independent provider - Grant - 1000 USD - Deadline: 01 Mar 2027
- Women Scholarship for International Students - Independent provider - Grant - 5000 USD - Deadline: 28 Aug 2026 - Merit-based
- The PhD Prep Fellowship - Independent provider - Grant - 10000 USD - Deadline: 01 Sep 2026 - Merit-based
- Dream Chaser Scholarship - Independent provider - Grant - 1000 USD - Deadline: 13 Jan 2027 - Merit-based
- Scholarship for students with disabilities - Independent provider - Grant - 3000 USD - Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 - Need-based
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids - Independent provider - Grant - 22500 GBP - Deadline: Not specified
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship - Independent provider - Grant - 1500 USD - Deadline: Not specified
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme - Independent provider - Grant - 12000 USD - Deadline: 11 Jan 2027
Visit the programme website for more information.