20 PhD Programs in Architecture Studies in Europe for 2024

PhD Programs in Architecture Studies in Europe for 2024Filter
    • Belfast, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    3 years

    On-Campus

    English

    Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.

    • Camerino, Italy

    Full time

    3 years

    On-Campus

    English, Italian

    Area: Architecture, Design, Planning

    • Evora, Portugal

    Full time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    English, Portuguese

    The doctorate provides a space of training and advanced high-level research not only for those from the academy, but also for those who deal with architecture in the context of professional practice to whom this course presents the possibility of deepening knowledge and developing skills in the area of Architecture. The thesis can integrate practical work of the project in architecture as a form of advanced research, as a context of scientific research. The course is intended to work within an international context, empowering students to work in a high academic level in a global competitive; Provides transdisciplinary knowledge on conceptual, formal and practical issues, on critical thinking, in planning and accomplishment works such as context landscape, in a comprehensive way, as cultural heritage (monumental, industrial, urban, architectural and landscape) in a more specific way with research application.

    • Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Part time

    4 years

    Blended

    English, Sinhala, Sinhalese

    The fundamental goal of the Program is to obtain highly trained researchers for all the scientific areas, which together contribute their expertise to the Program. By completing the Program, the graduate will be qualified for scientific thinking and solving scientific problems, as well as for cooperation in solving the demanding practical problems using an interdisciplinary approach. The Built environment doctoral Program is organized by the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering with the cooperation of internationally recognized foreign experts and experts from other faculties of the University of Ljubljana. The Program is divided into three scientific areas: the most extensive part represents the area of Civil engineering; the study area of Geodesy includes geodesy and geoinformatics; the study area of Geology; the interdisciplinary area of Spatial planning and Land management is also suitable for students with previous education in various related areas. The main emphasis of the doctoral study is on research. In addition, the Program offers various kinds of taught subjects such as the compulsory common course, compulsory courses for scientific areas, and an extensive selection of elective courses. The Program enables student mobility in the framework of both organized forms of study and individual research work.

    • Florence, Italy

    Full time

    3 years

    On-Campus

    English

    PhD in Urban Future Studies. The Doctorate course in "Urban Future Studies" intends to offer young graduates the opportunity to follow a third-level training course with a qualification of excellence and international scope through the acquisition of in-depth methodological, technological, and scientific skills that allow an evaluation, both qualitative and quantitative, of the use of predominantly vegetal solutions in urban and peri-urban systems.

    • London, United Kingdom
    • Bologna, Italy

    Full time

    24 months

    Distance Learning

    English

    In this research programme, the final thesis should offer an essential knowledge of the field of architectural design, taking into account the latest developments in design and new trends, including the use of new materials and new housing needs starting from the optimization of living spaces.

    • Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    On-Campus

    English

    We welcome MPhil and PhD proposals in any topic related to architecture, planning, or landscape. We conduct research into innovative teaching methods, and the integration of theory and practice, and learn from related creative disciplines. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has funded research into effective skills transfer.

    • Kaunas, Lithuania

    Full time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    Joint doctoral studies with Vilnius Academy of Arts.

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    On-Campus

    English

    This MPhil/PhD programme is aimed at practitioners of architecture and other related spatial practices who would like to develop a sustained multi-year practice-led research project.

    • Online

    Full time, Part time

    1 semester

    Distance Learning

    English, Italian

    PhD by research via Distance Learning is awarded after successfully completing a theoretical research specialization. This research is presented in the form of a doctoral thesis. The PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) is the only doctoral degree that can be achieved through distance learning. The main requirement for a PhD online through distance learning is to present and discuss a thesis of at least 100 pages for review and evaluation by an academic committee at Selinus University. In this research programme, the final thesis should offer an essential knowledge of the field of architectural design, taking into account the latest developments in design and new trends, including the use of new materials and new housing needs starting from the optimization of living spaces. Use a descriptive method to illustrate how to critically solve problems in this field. Provide step-by-step guidance in the design, selection and creation of any type of building style.

    • Pécs, Hungary

    Full time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    English

    The Breuer Marcel Doctoral School offers doctoral programmes in architecture with a main focus on heritage protection and energy design.

    • London, United Kingdom

    Full time, Part time

    2 years

    On-Campus

    English

    The MPhil/PhD Architecture research program focuses on practice-led and interdisciplinary research with tangible public and social impact. Working at the intersection of theory, research, media, and critical-spatial-practices, the MPhil/ PhD program in Architecture supports experimental practice-led and interdisciplinary theses aiming at tangible public and social impact.

    • Porto, Portugal

    Full time

    6 semesters

    On-Campus

    Portuguese

    The PhD in Architecture at Universidade Lusófona do Porto has as its main objective the training of researchers and teachers in the field of Architecture. The present proposal aims to satisfy the need for innovative and creative training in the country and in the Portuguese-speaking space in its area of expertise, Architecture.

    • L'Aquila, Italy

    Full time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    English

    The aim of the Ph.D. in Regional Science and Economic Geography is to address issues related to local and regional development. The methodological perspective of research and teaching is multidisciplinary, combining regional and urban economics, economic and human geography, spatial planning, and sociology.

    • Gdańsk, Poland

    Full time

    4 years

    On-Campus

    English

    PhD program is run at the Doctoral School at Gdansk University of Technology (Gdansk Tech) and offers 4-year-long PhD training. It concerns the following disciplines: civil engineering and transport; architecture and urbanism; environmental engineering, mining and power engineering; materials engineering; mechanical engineering; control, electronic and electrical engineering; technical informatics and telecommunications; biomedical engineering. Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech) offers education in the Doctoral School which is free of charge, provides a scholarship, and a creative and interdisciplinary approach to research. Our school was founded in 2019 and started functioning as of the academic year 2019/2020. However, the doctoral studies at our university are more than 30 years old.