What are the key stages of the research degree process?
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- Location
- Poole, United Kingdom
- Funding
- See university guidance
- Application deadline
- See university guidance
What are the key stages of the research degree process?
Full-time
Part-time
Enrolment
Enrolment takes place in September/October.
Registration
Once successfully enrolled at AUB, your supervisory team will advise you in developing a full proposal for submission to the University’s Research Degrees Committee, so that your research degree can be formally registered with the University of the Arts London. In this submission you will indicate your intended degree (MPhil or PhD). Research Degrees Committee will also consider the ethical dimensions of your project. If your project is considered more than minimal ethical risk, approval of your registration will also need to be sought from the University of the Arts London Research Ethics Sub-Committee. The application for registration will normally be submitted within two months for full-time students and three months for part-time.
Once these committees have approved your application for registration, you will be officially registered for an unspecified research degree with the intention to complete a programme of study for an MPhil or a PhD. The degree for which you are ultimately examined is confirmed at Confirmation.
Students must not undertake any ‘field’ research until they've obtained ethical approval.
Confirmation After a probationary period (normally 12–18 months for full-time and 24–36 months for part-time students) your supervisory team will assist you in developing your application to confirm the degree for which you will ultimately be examined.
Final submission and examination Your final submission will be a written thesis.
Examination is by an oral examination or viva, and is with academics who are normally external to AUB.
- Year One: Enrolment/registration
- Year Two: Confirmation (upgrade to PhD)
- Year Three: Submission and examination
- Year Three: Confirmation (upgrade to PhD)
- Year Five: Submission and examination
- If you're doing a purely theoretical PhD, you must write between 60,000 and 100,000 words.
- If a practice-based PhD, you must write between 30,000 and 100,000 words and submit a body of work.