Creativity Postgraduate and PhD Research - University of East Anglia (UEA)

There are a wide range of Schools at UEA that welcome applicants for research degrees, including the awards of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Master of Science (MSc) by Research. Some Schools also offer PhDs involving elements of practical creativity, such as the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing's Creative and Critical Writing PhD, and the School of World Art Studies and Museology's PhD in Professional Practice. All research programmes involve independent and original research, resulting in an extensive thesis at the end of the programme.

Here are links to some of the relevant Schools, where there is more information about the research degrees that are on offer and the academic staff who might supervise them.

The creative and critical PhD

In the late 1980s UEA pioneered a new type of PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), blending academic study into a creative discipline or theme with the actual creation of a work of art, enabling postgraduates to study the very process of creativity. UEA was in the forefront of the development of PhDs in Creative Writing: the Creative and Critical Writing PhD (for more information please click here).

For more information on PhDs in Professional Practice in the School of Film and TV Studies and the School of World Art and Museology, which also contain a substantial Creative-Critical element, please click here.

Many leading writers have also held fellowships at UEA, including David Lodge, Peter Reading, Michèle Roberts, Ali Smith, Bernadine Evaristo, Helon Habila, Paul Muldoon, Alison Fell and Paul Bailey.

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