Creative & Cultural Industries

Entry requirements

Our regular standard of admission is at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1), although candidates will usually also have completed or be undertaking a Masters qualification.

Research outline

Candidates are required to provide an outline of the proposed research subject in about 1000 words. This need not be your final thesis proposal but should include:

• a straightforward, descriptive, and informative title

• the question that your research will address

• an account of why this question is important and worth investigating

• an assessment of how your own research will engage with recent study in the subject

• a brief account of the methodology and approach you will take

• a discussion of the primary sources that your research will draw upon, including printed books, manuscripts, archives, libraries, or museums

• an indicative bibliography of secondary sources that you have already consulted and/or are planning to consult

Your application, including your references and research proposal, will be passed to members of staff whose expertise and research interests most closely match the area of your proposed study.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

Our Cultural Industries subject area and Centre for Cultural Policy Research have a highly experienced team of postgraduate supervisors. We are home to a thriving group of postgraduate research students, that interact with staff through a regular programme of workshops and seminars.

Overview

We welcome applications for PhD study in the following broad areas of staff interests and specialism.

• communication, cultural and media studies

• theory, policy and practice in cultural and media industries

• cultural identities and communications in the global context

• cultural planning, cities, and local and regional development

• cultural rights and regulation

• the social and economic impacts of the arts

• cultural work and cultural economy

• equality, diversity and inclusion in culture and media

• ecology, environment and sustainability in culture and media

• media management and media economics

• media regulation and cultural policy in the UK and EU

• screen, music and gaming industries and policy

• media, journalism and sport.

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online (not General Training)

• 7.0 overall with no subtest less than 7.0

• IELTS One Skill Retake Accepted

• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Fees and funding

Fees and funding

Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Fees for part-time study are half the full-time fee.

Irish nationals who are living in the Common Travel Area of the UK, EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status, and Internationals with Indefinite Leave to remain status can also qualify for home fee status.

• Fee status and policies

Alumni discount

We offer a 20% discount to our alumni on all Postgraduate Research and full Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. This includes University of Glasgow graduates and those who have completed a Study Abroad programme, Exchange programme, International Summer School or Erasmus programme with us. This discount can be awarded alongside most University scholarships. No additional application is required.

Possible additional fees

• Re-submission by a research student £540

• Submission for a higher degree by published work £1,355

• Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed £350

• Submission by staff in receipt of staff scholarship £790

Depending on the nature of the research project, some students will be expected to pay a bench fee (also known as research support costs) to cover additional costs. The exact amount will be provided in the offer letter.

• College of Arts & Humanities Graduate School funding opportunities