PhD Programme | Intro

The PhD curriculum of the University of Arts Linz provides only a few requirements regarding the completion of coursework. To enable an individual PhD programme tailored to the respective project, PhD candidates and supervisors are required to draw up a supervision agreement during the first semester. 

The PhD programme has a minimum duration of six semesters. PhD candidates work on their projects alone or in teams and are supervised by one or more supervisors. The individual requirements are specified and documented in the supervision agreement.

The PhD programme serves to support and further develop independent artistic and/or scientific work. It creates a space for experimentation and possibility in which different forms of knowledge and practices, critical debates, innovation, and original perspectives come together and are exchanged. The specific research project must contribute to knowledge within the fields central to the project through new, independent findings and/or approaches and must also be communicable and open to criticism in the future. The development of a form appropriate to the project (methodology, material, media, and the format for presenting the results) from the research process is just as important as the development of a distinct language or appropriate media in order to document, contextualize, and reflect on the respective project in a transparent and comprehensible manner.