Practice-based MPhil and PhD
Both the MPhil and the PhD can be linked to design practice.
A practice-based MPhil explores new approaches to, or applications of, existing knowledge by means of practice.
A practice-based PhD creates new knowledge by means of practice.
In either case, your final presentation will include both an original, creative practice component and a thesis that will contextualise this practice.
Since the practice component of your research constitutes a significant part of the final examination, the thesis requirement is reduced.
Design Star Centre for Doctoral Training
Goldsmiths is a member of the Design Star Centre for Doctoral Training, which brings the Department of Design together with other leading design departments at the University of Brighton; Loughborough University; The Open University; and the University of Reading.
It aims to develop future intellectual leadership in design: research leaders of the future who are equipped to make a difference to contemporary social concerns, knowledge production and creative practices. This requires an approach to research training that places diversity and interdisciplinarity at its core.
Design Star brings together world-class research in:
- design for industry
- interaction design
- design process
- communication design
- sustainable design
- design history
- curation
- creative practice.
Its spread of design disciplines is linked by a common approach to design that encourages the integration of history, theory and engagement.
