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Digital Media PhD

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What will I learn?

Our digital media research is committed to transdisciplinarity, creative digital practice, the intersection of art and sciences, social technologies and public engagement.

The Digital Media PhD is part of the Fine Art programme of study. We offer PhD supervision in two main areas of digital media.

Digital arts practice includes topics such as:

emerging technologies and experimental practice
art and science practice
transdisciplinary practice
interactivity and human-computer interaction in arts practice
data visualisation and creative practice
affective computing and creative practice
applied philosophy
philosophy of cognition
contemporary art and media theory
new production environments and living labs
open source culture and creativity
crowdsourcing and creativity

Digital media in museum, gallery and heritage settings, includes topics such as:

online museum, gallery and heritage experiences
social software and its implications for the cultural sector
design and use of mobile, personal and ubiquitous technologies in cultural settings
study and understanding of social museum experiences
theory and practice of visitor studies
ethnographic and ethnomethodological approaches in the study of museum experiences.

Which department am I in?

Newcastle University

Study options

Full Time (36 months)

Tuition fees
£22,800.00 (24,84,201) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

January 2025

Venue

Newcastle University

King’s Gate,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

Northumberland,

NE1 7RU, NORTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

A 2:1 honours degree and preferably a merit master's degree, or international equivalent. English Language Requirements - IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in all sub-skills). TOEFL 90 overall (with a minimum of 19 in listening, 20 in reading, 22 in speaking, and 20 in writing).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Newcastle University

Newcastle University offers an internationally respected qualification, and a graduate employment rate of 94 per cent.

  • Historic campus with modern facilities
  • Nine National Teaching Fellowships awarded among staff
  • Scholarships and bursaries available
  • Highest offer rate of Russell Group universities