Architectural History PhD 36 months PHD Programme By The University of Edinburgh |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Architecture and Built EnvironmentMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Architecture and Built Environment

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The PhD in Architectural History is for those with prior advanced knowledge of and qualifications in the history of the built environment who want to pursue a rigorous, in-depth study of a specific topic under specialist supervisory guidance.


We welcome individuals with a strong idea of what they want to research and how they will carry it out. You must be willing to engage with primary source material and to interpret this alongside existing literature in the field. Your aim will be to make an original and substantial contribution to knowledge in the chosen area of study.


Areas of staff interest and possible thesis fields include:


  • late medieval architecture in Europe
  • architecture in Renaissance and Baroque-era Europe and its contact zones (1400-1800)
  • the architecture of the Scottish Enlightenment
  • architecture in colonial Latin America
  • architecture in Victorian Britain and its empire
  • 19th- and 20th-century architecture in Germany, Russia, and Eastern Europe
  • Modernism in Britain


Other permanent staff in allied disciplines have expertise in medieval Islamic architecture and Modernist architecture in Latin America.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Architecture and Built Environment

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The PhD in Architectural History is for those with prior advanced knowledge of and qualifications in the history of the built environment who want to pursue a rigorous, in-depth study of a specific topic under specialist supervisory guidance.


We welcome individuals with a strong idea of what they want to research and how they will carry it out. You must be willing to engage with primary source material and to interpret this alongside existing literature in the field. Your aim will be to make an original and substantial contribution to knowledge in the chosen area of study.


Areas of staff interest and possible thesis fields include:


  • late medieval architecture in Europe
  • architecture in Renaissance and Baroque-era Europe and its contact zones (1400-1800)
  • the architecture of the Scottish Enlightenment
  • architecture in colonial Latin America
  • architecture in Victorian Britain and its empire
  • 19th- and 20th-century architecture in Germany, Russia, and Eastern Europe
  • Modernism in Britain


Other permanent staff in allied disciplines have expertise in medieval Islamic architecture and Modernist architecture in Latin America.

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on the University of Edinburgh website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

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