Doctorate in Fine Art

The School of Creative Arts offers a Doctorate in Fine Art designed for practitioners in the field of contemporary arts looking for a structured research programme. The DFA is suitable for professionals with a strong track record in their field who may not come from an academic background and practitioners who have come from a more traditional Master’s degree route. University of Hertfordshire’s Doctorate in Fine Art is extremely versatile, allowing for artworks to form a major part of the submission with no minimum word count for the final written thesis. Doctorate in Fine Art students are routinely overseas and participate through the Distance Learning mode. The School invites candidates who wish to undertake a project in their area of interest that broadly aligns with our supervision expertise, as follows: Artist moving image, including film, video, animation and installation Experimental documentary film and video. Sound art and sound installation Art and Science collaborative practices Candidates are advised to review the Course Experts to ensure that School has the relevant expertise to supervise their proposal.