MRes Arts

The Arts MRes course offers you the opportunity to undertake a closely-supervised piece of original research within the broad spectrum of visual and material culture, including Fine Art practice, historical or theoretical studies in art, design, architecture, fashion, film, television, visual digital media or performance, while developing the skills to become an independent, critical, and innovative thinker, maker, and Arts researcher.You will undertake a specialist research project, based upon your own focused proposal, which may be subject-specific or span multiple arts disciplines.The centrepiece of the Arts MRes is an 20000-word Dissertation or body of practical work 10000-word Dissertation.This is supported by a framework of three modules, which provide expert knowledge and understanding of appropriate research methods to employ in your project, the wider critical contexts relating to your subject, and how to develop and communicate your research. The programme will enable you to position your research within a wider scholarly field, and furnish you with professional skills such as communication, self-management and planning, preparing you for doctoral study or further career advancement.Graduates of the Arts MRes have proven that they can undertake independent research to a high academic standard.

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in a relevant subject. Applicants with appropriate work experience and/or a relevant professional qualification will be considered.

Applicants are required to submit a statement of their proposed area of study in order to identify a suitable supervisor.