Research

Through research, scholarship and professional practice NUCA aims to develop new ideas and share innovative outcomes that help to engender public and commercial benefits beyond its core activity of teaching.

Academic staff and research students are professionally engaged in a spectrum of research and consultancy activities, informed by the institution's long history of creative and critical practice in art, design and media. Research at NUCA embraces work of national and international significance including collaborations, commissions, work with business and civic and community projects in the UK and overseas.

NUCA aspires to produce research of the highest quality with benefits for contemporary culture and society, and which refreshes and enhances the student experience.

Research Degrees

Research degrees are awarded in recognition of significant contributions to knowledge and scholarship, produced through original research and self directed study. They embody significant personal achievements at the forefront of understanding, through which new ways of making or doing, interpreting, articulating and presenting are developed.

• Research Degrees

Staff Research

NUCA has an international reputation for its research in 'Art and Design Interpretation and Curation' and 'Animation and Sound Design'. 35% of its research was classed as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise. A further 50% of its research was recognised internationally in RAE2008.

• Staff Research