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.

Practice-based research, and research focused on interpreting practice, are both centred on the exploration of knowledge through the investigation of concepts, products and processes. Artists and designers are in unique positions to explore these topics, to study creative and subjective experience from highly informed and skilled perspectives, and to voice new approaches to our ways of understanding our intellectual, emotional, cultural, social, and political motivations.

Our research students are important members of our Research and Consultancy Network, and work with academic staff who are internationally renowned for their research and creative practice. Research degrees at the University College are offered in partnership with the University of the Arts London, creating opportunities for collaborative research between the two institutions. Our research degrees are supported by regular seminars and training events held in Norwich and London, extensive specialist and technical resources, and a year-round programme of exhibitions.