AUT - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Art and Design
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)is a thesis-based research degree that leads to advanced academic and theoretical knowledge in a specialist area. The programme enables you to make an original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your field of study and meet recognised international standards for such work.
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is awarded after the successful completion of three to four years full time, or five to six years part time concentrated research constituting an original and substantial contribution to knowledge.
You work closely with your supervisor to prepare a thesis, which is examined by independent experts who apply contemporary international standards.
Quick facts
Programme Code: AK3518
Level: 10
Points: 360
Duration: Three years full time / Up to six years part time
Venue: City Campus
Start date: Anytime
Entry requirements
- Guidelines to entry
- D1 Research Proposal
- A portfolio (where required)
Specialist areas:
- Digital Design (animation, moving image, gaming, web, post production and film)
- Fashion and Textiles (knit, print, textile, fashion and costume design)
- Graphics (typography, illustration, animation and short film, photography and graphic novel)
- Product Design (product and furniture)
- Spatial Design (interior, furniture, urbanism, performance, installation, moving image, digital environments, exhibition design and spatial theory)
- Visual Arts (multimedia, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance)
Structure
Stage one
You are admitted provisionally in the first year full time (up to two years part time) where you will refine your preliminary proposal into a fully fledged PhD proposal (the D9 document). This document critically reviews the significant work done in the area of research. The D9 proposal should also contain a suitable research methodology and methods along with a timeframe for completion of the degree that highlights important milestones to be achieved in the next couple of years. Once your D9 proposal is completed and approved through the faculty processes it is submitted to the University Postgraduate Board for full admission approval.
Stage two
Once you have completed your research proposal, you will typically refine your design, collecting data and conducting your research as appropriate. Results are analysed and may be published through international conferences, journal publications and peer review as this lends further credibility to the research.
Stage three
The first step in the final stage of the PhD is spent finalising the data analysis. Thereafter, the PhD thesis should be written and submitted to the supervisors for feedback. It should be noted that the process of finalising the thesis is time consuming as typically two or even three draft versions need to be produced before the thesis is in a form that is ready for submission and examination.
The School of Art and Design offers PhD either as a full written thesis or as a body of creative work accompanied by a written exegesis.
Please contact the Programme Administrator, Champa De for programme information.
Career opportunities
- Research
- Teaching