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Edith Cowan University

Joondalup , Western Australia ,Australia

Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Arts and Design)

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is an opportunity to pursue a topic you're passionate about at the highest academic level.

A PhD is an independent, supervised research project that is assessed on the submission of a thesis or creative work and exegesis. This course may be undertaken in any School within ECU, provided there are supervisors available in your proposed research area, and the resources and facilities required to complete your proposed project are accessible.

Visual Arts research at ECU concentrates on practice–led research as a methodology for gaining knowledge through art practice.

We encourage multidisciplinary projects. Specific postgraduate research topics are developed in conjunction with the postgraduate coordinator or potential supervisor, however applications are particularly encouraged from those with an interest in: Place; Embodiment; Materiality; Impermanence; Identity; Third Space; Digital Culture; Migration; Aboriginality; Hyper-Real; Virtual Reality; The Iconoclastic Image; The Potential Image; Alternative Slow Technologies; Process; Gender; The Event; Sensation; Art and History. Researchers in the school are currently involved in projects investigating ; Landscape and Environment; Place and Identity, Art and Science; Impermanence and Painting; the Third Space; Materiality and Embodiment; Art as Knowledge; Walking as Art; Virtual and Digital Culture; Post-Structuralist and New Materialist Feminist Thinking. The School also has contemporary studio spaces for students undertaking a practical project as part of their research. 

Visual Arts Research (Code - PHDARTVA)

Campus Information

Mount Lawley

Our Mount Lawley Campus is only minutes from Perth CBD and the Beaufort Street cafe strip. It is equipped with extensive teaching resources, first-rate IT and performing arts facilities, a sport and fitness centre and on-campus accommodaWestern Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Intakes

  • Feb
  • July

Application Processing Time in Days: 10

Application Process

More Information Required
60 Days
Possible Interview Call from Institution
30 Days
Provisional/Unconditional Offer
30 Days
Visa Process
120 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Employment opportunities

professional artist, arts manager, curator, teacher or academic, art technician.

Possible future job titles

art, art industry, art manager, art technician, art teacher.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

The following course-specific admission requirements are mandatory and must be satisfied by all applicants. These requirements are in addition to or supersede the minimum requirements outlined within the Academic admission requirements band section below.

All applicants are required to have the equivalent of 6 months full time research (which must involve a research output which includes the conception and design of the project, and analysis and interpretation of findings) if applying with a Masters qualification other than a Master by Research. Applicants seeking online study will be required to provide additional information to support their application, as not all projects nor disciplines are suited to online study. Special entry may be considered for applications to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) who will be required to attend an audition and/or interview.

Academic admission requirements (Band 11) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

  • Masters Degree (Research);
    or
  • Bachelor Honours Degree (First or Upper Second class)
    or
  • Demonstrated capacity to undertake original PhD-level research.

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following (Band 4) :

  • IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
  • Bachelor degree from a country specified on the English Proficiency Bands page;
  • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
  • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
  • Other tests.