36 monthsProgramme duration
21,920 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Your Design PhD at Lancaster can focus on one of a wide range of topics within Design or on a research topic that crosses different disciplines.
As a PhD student you will normally be supervised by a team of two supervisors who will ensure that you receive focused critical feedback and encouragement throughout the programme. Your supervisors are likely to be members of Imagination Lancaster, our specialist design-led research centre. In some cases your second supervisor will be based in a different discipline within the School of Arts, or a different department within the University in order to ensure that you have the most appropriate supervisory team for your chosen project.
Previously, we have supervised PhD projects on an wide variety of topics in areas such as:
In the past, many of our Design PhD students have conducted field research in other parts of the UK and overseas, including the US, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand and China. We encourage our Design PhD students to develop their work into papers for presentation at international design conferences and for publication in academic journals.
You can take your Design PhD at Lancaster either in the standard format of a written thesis, or as a project that combines a written thesis with creative practical work. Many of our academic staff are engaged with practice-based research in the fields of design, art, theatre and film, and we have a dedicated team of technicians to support you as well as workshops, editing suites and technical resources for our students.
As a PhD student based in the School of Arts, you will be part of a multidisciplinary community of research students, able to participate in seminars, reading groups, conferences, and research training courses. We also offer opportunities to study for a Certificate in Higher Education teaching.
We encourage you to contact the School of Arts postgraduate team or any member of the design staff to discuss your ideas for PhD research.
As a PhD student you will normally be supervised by a team of two supervisors who will ensure that you receive focused critical feedback and encouragement throughout the programme. Your supervisors are likely to be members of Imagination Lancaster, our specialist design-led research centre. In some cases your second supervisor will be based in a different discipline within the School of Arts, or a different department within the University in order to ensure that you have the most appropriate supervisory team for your chosen project.
Previously, we have supervised PhD projects on an wide variety of topics in areas such as:
- Design management
- Policy and leadership
- Urban design and future cities
- Speculative design
- Design fiction and design as rhetoric
- User-centred and user-led design
- Design for health
- Design for ageing
- Design education
- Design theory
- Design for sustainability
- Design and traditional knowledge and practices
- Human-computer interaction and digital fabrication
In the past, many of our Design PhD students have conducted field research in other parts of the UK and overseas, including the US, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand and China. We encourage our Design PhD students to develop their work into papers for presentation at international design conferences and for publication in academic journals.
You can take your Design PhD at Lancaster either in the standard format of a written thesis, or as a project that combines a written thesis with creative practical work. Many of our academic staff are engaged with practice-based research in the fields of design, art, theatre and film, and we have a dedicated team of technicians to support you as well as workshops, editing suites and technical resources for our students.
As a PhD student based in the School of Arts, you will be part of a multidisciplinary community of research students, able to participate in seminars, reading groups, conferences, and research training courses. We also offer opportunities to study for a Certificate in Higher Education teaching.
We encourage you to contact the School of Arts postgraduate team or any member of the design staff to discuss your ideas for PhD research.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Your Design PhD at Lancaster can focus on one of a wide range of topics within Design or on a research topic that crosses different disciplines.
As a PhD student you will normally be supervised by a team of two supervisors who will ensure that you receive focused critical feedback and encouragement throughout the programme. Your supervisors are likely to be members of Imagination Lancaster, our specialist design-led research centre. In some cases your second supervisor will be based in a different discipline within the School of Arts, or a different department within the University in order to ensure that you have the most appropriate supervisory team for your chosen project.
Previously, we have supervised PhD projects on an wide variety of topics in areas such as:
In the past, many of our Design PhD students have conducted field research in other parts of the UK and overseas, including the US, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand and China. We encourage our Design PhD students to develop their work into papers for presentation at international design conferences and for publication in academic journals.
You can take your Design PhD at Lancaster either in the standard format of a written thesis, or as a project that combines a written thesis with creative practical work. Many of our academic staff are engaged with practice-based research in the fields of design, art, theatre and film, and we have a dedicated team of technicians to support you as well as workshops, editing suites and technical resources for our students.
As a PhD student based in the School of Arts, you will be part of a multidisciplinary community of research students, able to participate in seminars, reading groups, conferences, and research training courses. We also offer opportunities to study for a Certificate in Higher Education teaching.
We encourage you to contact the School of Arts postgraduate team or any member of the design staff to discuss your ideas for PhD research.
As a PhD student you will normally be supervised by a team of two supervisors who will ensure that you receive focused critical feedback and encouragement throughout the programme. Your supervisors are likely to be members of Imagination Lancaster, our specialist design-led research centre. In some cases your second supervisor will be based in a different discipline within the School of Arts, or a different department within the University in order to ensure that you have the most appropriate supervisory team for your chosen project.
Previously, we have supervised PhD projects on an wide variety of topics in areas such as:
- Design management
- Policy and leadership
- Urban design and future cities
- Speculative design
- Design fiction and design as rhetoric
- User-centred and user-led design
- Design for health
- Design for ageing
- Design education
- Design theory
- Design for sustainability
- Design and traditional knowledge and practices
- Human-computer interaction and digital fabrication
In the past, many of our Design PhD students have conducted field research in other parts of the UK and overseas, including the US, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand and China. We encourage our Design PhD students to develop their work into papers for presentation at international design conferences and for publication in academic journals.
You can take your Design PhD at Lancaster either in the standard format of a written thesis, or as a project that combines a written thesis with creative practical work. Many of our academic staff are engaged with practice-based research in the fields of design, art, theatre and film, and we have a dedicated team of technicians to support you as well as workshops, editing suites and technical resources for our students.
As a PhD student based in the School of Arts, you will be part of a multidisciplinary community of research students, able to participate in seminars, reading groups, conferences, and research training courses. We also offer opportunities to study for a Certificate in Higher Education teaching.
We encourage you to contact the School of Arts postgraduate team or any member of the design staff to discuss your ideas for PhD research.
Admission Requirements
6.5+
58+
87+
Master’s Degree: Master’s degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline.
Undergraduate Degree: 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline.
Additional requirements
Undergraduate Degree: 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline.
Additional requirements
- A PhD Proposal form. You will need to upload your completed proposal form to your online application.
- Practice-based Research applicants are also required to submit a portfolio
Please see our website for more details.
3 Years
Sep
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