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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Goldsmiths, University of London

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

We welcome applicants wishing to explore visual culture understood as a meeting ground between creative practices, the philosophical and the political.

We usually accept research students into the Department of Visual Cultures on the basis of a match between your proposed research and the current research interests of the department as well as an assessment of your qualifications and suitability to undertake a research degree.

In order to ascertain whether your project matches our research interests and meets the criteria for MPhil and PhD level study, please consult our application pack which also contains a proposal form.

Research in the department is organised around the following thematic clusters:

  • Culture, Memory, Futurity
  • Environmental Humanities and Ecologies
  • Globalisation and Transcultural practices
  • Performance and Live Art
  • Philosophy, Critical and Visual Theory
  • Political Aesthetics
  • Sexes, Genders, Genres
  • Spatial Practice and Architecture
  • Technologies of Image and Sound
  • The Curatorial

Tuition fees

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£ 17,690per year

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University information

Goldsmiths, University of London

  • University League Table

    60th

  • Campus address

    Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, Lewisham, SE14 6NW, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    8th out of 84 6

    48th out of 91 2

    16th out of 21 2

    79th out of 101 4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 239
    166 70%

    12th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    70.0 70%

    22nd

    23
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.39 85%

    8th

    63
  • Entry standards

    / Max 206
    125 60%

    43rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    66.0 66%

    47th

    31
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.85 71%

    84th

    11
  • Entry standards

    / Max 192
    147 77%

    15th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    66.0 66%

    13th

    3
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.17 79%

    10th

    6
  • Entry standards

    / Max 206
    112 54%

    76th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    59.0 59%

    55th

    2
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.82 70%

    92nd

    7

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