Key Information
- Duration: Full-time, 42 months (3.5 years)
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2027; Apply before Feb 2027 (estimated)
The 2025 competition is open.
Overview
We are welcoming statements of interest from potential PhD candidates who wish to apply for an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded studentships as part of the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).
About the programme
We particularly welcome applicants interested in one or more of the following areas of research excellence:
- English: Literature from Anglo-Saxon to Contemporary, Intermediality and Visual Culture; Book History and Print Culture; Creative Writing.
- Theatre Studies: Drama from Medieval to Contemporary; Dramaturgy; Applied Drama.
- Film Studies: British Cinema; American Cinema; Art Cinema; Film Stardom and Performance; Adaptation - Novel to Film & Stage and Screen.
- Comic Studies: Comics and Creative Practice; Comics History and Aesthetics; Educational Use of Comics; Comics and Autobiography; Comics and other media.
- History: Global History; Scottish History (particularly seventeenth and eighteenth century political history, nineteenth century social history, migration history and environmental history); European History; American History; Atlantic History; Eighteenth Century History; History of Empire; Gender History.
- Law: International Law and Governance; Multi-level Governance; Environmental Law and Sustainable Development; Criminal Law and Justice; Corporate Law and Corporate Governance; International Family Law.
- Philosophy: Continental Philosophy; Philosophy and Film; Philosophy and Technology; Philosophy and Performance.
- Art, Media, and Visual Studies: Histories & Archives, Curation as practice, Theoretical studies, Visual Studies, Art & Philosophy, Aesthetics, Word & Image, Artists’ practice-led research.
- Digital Economy, Futures & Culture: Exploring future technologies and user interactions through critical design Software and product design, Assistive technologies, Serious Games, Visual Effects for Film & TV, Future Practices in Design & Craft, Sustainable Design, Environmental solutions.
- Design: Visualisation & Simulation, Mediating technology, information design, Applying design thinking, Public engagement, Identity cultural & sense of place, Design in Public, Policy, Society, Business-Service Design, Exploring the economic / social impact of new practices.
Visit the programme website for more information
Programme Structure
Areas of research include:
- Curation as practice
- Histories & Archives
- Visual Studies, Art & Philosophy
- Word & Image
- Artists’ practice-led research
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
Upper Second Class GPA
English requirements
TOEFL iBT 95
Other requirements
General requirements
- UK and International applicants are eligible to apply.
- The AHRC expects that applicants to PhD programmes will normally hold, or be studying towards, a Masters qualification.
- In order to be nominated for a studentship, applicants must hold an unconditional or conditional offer of a place on a PhD degree programme in one of a specified range of disciplines above at the University of Dundee.
- You must meet the residency criteria set out in the UKRI Conditions of Research Training Grants.
- Applicants must not hold another full Studentship for the 2025/26 academic session. Applicants holding a part studentship may still be considered.
- Both new and continuing PhD students may apply.
- AHRC students are awarded on the condition that the student lives a ‘reasonable distance’ from their lead-HEI.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International: 41,452 AUD / year (≈ 21,940 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,042 AUD / year (≈ 4,786 GBP / year)
Additional Details
Fees and Stipend at around £19,700 per annum plus fees for 3.5 years
Living costs
Dundee, United Kingdom: 1,487-2,823 AUD / month
Funding
Scholarships