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MPhil - Master of Philosophy
RCA Battersea
Full Time
Sep 2026
2 Year
A dynamic interplay between theory and practice. The School provides expert supervision across the spectrum of art and writing practice, art and design history and theory, curating and criticism. We welcome proposals for theoretical and practice-led projects, industrial collaborations and technologically focused research. Our research interests are wide-ranging and reflect the expertise of our staff, focusing on arts, humanities and material practices, their scholarship and dissemination. The School’s distinctive research culture encompasses a broad range of activities from highly individuated scholarly and creative enquiries to projects that concern public policy and evaluation, collections and archival research, material and technical explorations as well as more speculative arts practice-focused projects. It includes the V&A/RCA PhD in History of Design, a degree offered jointly between the RCA and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Home: Low residency £8,550 per year, High residency £10,450 per year.
Ranked for 12 consecutive years (2015-2026) as the world's number 1 art & design university, the Royal College of Art (R...
