About MPhil - PhD
Tremough/Woodlane Campus
2-4 years full-time
3-8 years part-time
University College Falmouth has a dynamic research culture and postgraduate researchers play an important role in the life of our research community. Interdisciplinary research is essential to our approach and is positively encouraged in everything we do. Your research will be attached to one of our Research Centres, but our students' research projects are often interdisciplinary. In addition, your two-person supervision team is likely to be drawn from more than one discipline.
Research and enterprise are central to University College Falmouth's identity and aspirations as a global arts university. Our overarching aim is to develop and sustain an entrepreneurial and internationally distinctive research discourse that drives the University College's academic profile and underpins its contribution to economic, social and cultural advancement. Our research environment is encompassed within our Academy for Innovation & Research.
Our postgraduate research student foundation programme will help you identify the appropriate research methods for your chosen subject, and help you plan and structure your project. We also support practice-led research in which your own creative practice plays a role, and documented creative work can contribute to your final thesis, alongside a written component.
MPhil/PhD students work alongside postdoctoral Research Fellows and a steady flow of international visiting researchers. All regularly share their enquiry through a lively and engaging programme of lectures, performances, readings, concerts and a variety of other activities. In addition, our cross-institutional programme enables researchers in all fields to share their work and ideas.
University College Falmouth research degrees are awarded through our partnership with University of the Arts London.
MPhil - PhD
Our research focus
Our research activity spans the full range of creative disciplines but currently we have a particular focus on two interdisciplinary themes of international significance that have a particular resonance with the County of Cornwall:
Doing a doctorate
The following nine videos explore what doing doctoral research means from the student's point of view.
Typical entry requirements
A degree (2.i or higher, MA preferred) or equivalent combination of academic and professional experience.
If English is not your first language a test (IELTS) is required, scoring at least 7.0+ (with a 7.0 in writing), or TOEFL scores of 600 (Paper), 250 (Computer) and at least level 6 in the Test of Written English (TWE) is required to study for a research degree. Test scores should be as recent as possible (i.e. within the last year). Please note that hav...
Career opportunities
Theory-based research graduates can hold university post-doctoral research fellowships, teach within the Higher Education sector, or work in the media. Practice-based research graduates can follow similar paths as well as enter the competitive world of professional art and design practice.
If you are attracted to a specialist, outward-looking environment and believe that research is about knowledge for the future, our thriving academic community will suit you.
PhD studentships 2012
University College Falmouth invites applications for single or interdisciplinary research in any art, design, media or performing arts subject area to commence in October 2012.
UCF research degrees are awarded through our partnership with University of the Arts London (UAL). University College Falmouth has a record of high quality research in Art, Design, Media and Performance. Our emphasis is on practice-led and user-led inquiry that is collaborativ...
How to apply
Applicants must have a strong academic background (2.i or higher, MA preferred) with a clear and compelling proposal in relation to UCF's research themes and, where relevant, the development of the Cornish knowledge economy.
About the studentships
Research degree (MPhil/PhD) studentships including fees and maintenance will be available on a competitive basis for an October 2012 start.
University College Falmouth studentship awards are structured as follows:
Full-Time awards (full award): The level (from October 2012) of the full-time studentship is to cover fees and maintenance. The studentship is not subject to income tax. The studentship dur...
University College Falmouth studentship awards are structured as follows:
Full-Time awards (full award): The level (from October 2012) of the full-time studentship is to cover fees and maintenance. The studentship is not subject to income tax. The studentship dur...
Contacts
For further information about the application process you should contact the following:
Jemma Julian, Research Student Administrator
Ian McCormick, Head of Research and Innovation Office
Email: ian.mccormick@falmouth.ac.uk
Doing a Doctorate
MPhil - PhD
How to Apply
Applicants must have a strong academic background (2.i or higher, MA preferred) with a clear and compelling proposal in relation to UCF's research themes and, where relevant, the development of the Cornish knowledge economy.
The schedule of deadlines for receipt of expressions of interest, receipt of applications, interviews and enrollment for 2011 PhD studentships will be available shortly.
