The PhD Art, Design and Media provides doctoral candidates with the opportunity to make an original contribution of knowledge to the fields of fine arts, design, media arts, curating, art theory, art education and their interdisciplinary fields through independent, supervised research and investigation. Candidates can make this contribution via practice and/or theory alone.
Program code: 1292
Duration: 4 years full-time
The PhD Art, Design and Media focuses on research training in the following areas:
- Art and Affect
- Art and Science
- Creative Robotics
- Culture and Technology
- Experimental Arts Practice in the areas of Globalisation, Migration and Mobility studies, Trauma and Conflict
- Experimental Curatorial Research
- Experimental Data Visualisation and 3D Visualisation Aesthetics
- Experimental Design
- Experimental Environmental Research
- Holography
- Indigenous Art and Politics
- Interactive, Immersive and Augmented Media
- Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Research
- Sound
- Textile Design and New Technologies
Entry Requirements
The minimum requirement for admission to a PhD degree is:
- an appropriate four-year degree of Bachelor with first or upper second class Honours from the University of New South Wales, or
- a completed Masters by Research including substantial research component from the University of New South Wales, or
- a qualification from another tertiary institution at a level considered equivalent to either of the above by the Higher Degree Committee (HDC)
In exceptional cases, an applicant who the HDC consider to hold academic and professional qualifications equivalent to the required qualifications may be permitted to enrol in the degree.
Information about English language proficiency requirements can be found here.
Scholarships
The following Scholarships are available to PhD Art, Design and Media research degree students:
- Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship and University Postgraduate Award (UPA)
- UNSW Art & Design Research Scholarship
- University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA)
- The UNSW Art & Design International Scholarship - Research
- The UNSW Art & Design Top Up Scholarship
- UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Scheme
For more information on our postgraduate research degrees, please phone +61 2 8936 0684, lodge an enquiry with the Student Centre or email Postgraduate Research Support.