Drama including Practice-Based in the Arts PhD

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This Drama MPhil/PhD/PhD by Published Works curriculum offers a great way to advance your knowledge and research abilities if you have a degree in drama or a related field. You will be awarded a Level 8 qualification, which is the highest formal certification you may obtain in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, upon successfully defending the final thesis. This will provide you with a fantastic chance to advance into higher management roles within your area of expertise. We accept a range of projects and provide supervision in many different disciplines. Learn more about the Art and Design Research Centre and the Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies.​

The closing dates for applications for the October intake is the 1 August and for the March intake is the 11 December.

Entry Requirements

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• 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.

  ​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.​

• ​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.