Design and Creative Arts

Bringing together expertise from across Design and Creative Arts disciplines, we pride ourselves on the real-world context behind our teaching, enterprise, and research.

Passionate about research we strive to make a substantive contribution to academia, society, and the economy. Our blend of creativity, ethics and rigour for real-world benefit is at the heart of who we are.

Our current PhD opportunities

Our current PhD opportunities are listed below. For the funded PhD Studentships, we welcome PhD proposals within our areas of research strength in design, human factors and creative arts disciplines. Other projects already have a specified topic and allocated supervisor. Discover more about the project, funding and how to apply by clicking on the opportunity that sparks your interest.

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Why study a research degree with us?

Our research community

We have a thriving family of doctoral researchers made up of full-time and part-time UK, EU, and international students. You will have the opportunity to be part of this vibrant and forward-thinking community, where academics and students work closely together to research the latest advancements and discoveries in design and creative arts.

We're well connected

Our strong industry links and academic connections both in the UK and overseas provide doctoral research students with a huge variety of opportunities to network and develop their employability.

Our industry-standard facilities

We offer state-of-the-art design and creative arts facilities, including a £21M purpose-built design building (featuring specialist workshops, software and laboratories), a fully equipped ergonomics laboratory, plus six Creative Hubs which form the heart of creativity and production at 天堂视频.