PhD Museum Studies at University of Brighton

Programme overview

The University of Brighton has a long-established reputation for museum studies and is the home of both the university's internationally significant Design Archives and the Screen Archive South East. Scholarship includes theoretical and applied approaches, from archival investigations into institutions, exhibitions and collections, and their contemporary and historic significance, to contemporary digital heritage and mobile access projects, to interventions in collections by practice-led research artists and designers.

Faculty: Brighton Doctoral College | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

As a member of the Brighton Doctoral College, you will benefit from regular opportunities on a training programme designed to support postgraduate researchers at all stages of the PhD and help them achieve their career goals. Attendance at appropriate workshops within this programme is encouraged, as is contribution to the various seminar series hosted by the schools and the annual Postgraduate Research Festival. Academic and technical staff also provide more subject-specific training.

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Application information

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,238 a year (2026/27). MPhil/PhD standard full-time annual tuition fee (part-time £2,619 a year); bench fees/consumables may be charged in some subject areas. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,980 a year (2026/27). MPhil/PhD standard full-time annual tuition fee (international including EU); £15,500 for international students registered in the School of Humanities and Social Science or the School of Business and Law. Source

Apply through the official page: https://evsipr.brighton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?

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