Drama MPhil/PhD including Practice-Based in the Arts/PhD by Published works

Course Content

• Course Details

  The Art and Design Research Centre and the Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies are the ideal place to undertake your Drama PhD research.  To broaden your expertise and strengthen your research, writing, presenting, and practising abilities, you will first get general, discipline-based, and project-specific training while creating and establishing research projects so that you may perform your research work successfully and autonomously. Throughout your project, you will be overseen by University of Northampton Drama Academics who are experts in their fields and will lead you through the process with frequent in-person or online seminars. After completing this course, you will be able to obtain research and development positions in the industry, advance into an academic career, or enter business at a managerial level.

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• Entry Requirements

  ​​You should normally have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second-class standard in a related area. International equivalent qualifications will also be considered.

  ​Or

  ​We require a UK Masters degree (or equivalent international qualification) in a relevant subject, or relevant professional qualifications and relevant experience in an associated area.

  You might also be considered with lower-level qualifications or your degree is in an unrelated field, but you must have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate Research level.

  ​All suitable candidates will be required to attend an interview as part of the selection process.

  ​English Language Requirements

  ​All teaching at the University of Northampton is in English. You will therefore need to have good enough written and spoken English to cope with your studies right from the start.

  ​The scores we require:

  • ​IELTS: 7.0 overall. Writing 6.5. No other subscore lower than 6.5 (or an equivalent English Language qualification) to study this programme
  • ​Applications with IELTS lower than 5.5 in all components will not be considered.

  ​All offers of a place on the programme are conditional on:

  • ​​a successful interview.
  • ​an appropriate Research Supervision Team.

  ​Please read our How to Apply page for further information on how to apply to study with us, how to discover a possible Supervisor, and what documents are necessary as part of the application process.

  ​More information about the research degrees may be found on our Graduate school page.​

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• Fees and Funding

  2024/25 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 24/25 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Doctor Of Philosophy Degrees

  • UK – Full Time: £5,500
  • UK – Part Time: £2,775
  • International – Full Time: £15,950
  • International – Part Time: £7,450

  Doctor of Philosophy Degrees by means of Published Works.

  Including: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by means of published works.

  • UK – Part Time: £3,500
  • International – Part Time: £7,650

   

  2023/24 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Doctor Of Philosophy Degrees

  • UK – Full Time: £5,340
  • UK – Part Time: £2,695
  • International – Full Time: £15,480
  • International – Part Time: £7,245

  Doctor of Philosophy Degrees by means of Published Works.

  Including: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by means of published works.

  • UK – Part Time: £3,400
  • International – Part Time: £7,460

   

  For more information about possible funding options, please visit our Fees and Funding pages.

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