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Film PhD

Lancaster University

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Your PhD at Lancaster could focus on one of a wide range of topics within Film Studies or on a subject 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. In some cases the second supervisor will be based in a different discipline within the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA), or a different department within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in order to ensure that you have the most appropriate supervisory team for your chosen project.We have supervised PhD projects on an exciting variety of topics that extends from global cinema history and cultural politics through to contemporary philosophy and film and media theory. These have included: the history of made-for-TV movies in the US affect theory and first-person documentaries from the 1980s and 1990s stardom, fandom and real-person fanfiction distracted spectatorship and the franchise film theatre and film in post-martial law Taiwan terrorism, power and global media cultural symbolism in Indonesian documentary Gothic fantasy and the films of Guillermo del Toro.You can take your Film Studies PhD at Lancaster either in the standard format of a written thesis, or as a project that combines the written thesis with creative practical work. Many of our academic staff are engaged with practice-based research in the fields of film, theatre, art and design, and we have a dedicated team of technicians to support you as well as workshops, editing suites and technical resources for our students.

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University information

Lancaster University

Lancaster University

Lancaster University

  • University League Table

    10th

  • Campus address

    Main Campus, Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Drama, Dance & Cinematics

    2nd out of 94 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 210
    167 79%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    26th

    18

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.28 82%

    12th

    41

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