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Creative Technologies - Structured

Postgraduate
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Researchers on the PhD in Creative Technologies work to investigate emerging trends in the overlap between creativity and technology, both in professional practice and academic research. Students on the programme participate in workshops and doctoral training designed to enhance their research capacity in the field, including a core module entitled “Research Methods in Creative Technologies.” Proposals are particularly welcome for projects that combine critical enquiry or social science methods with technological and artistic practice to pursue original research questions in this field.

Award Name Degree - Doctoral (Level 10 NFQ)
NFQ Classification Major
Awarding Body National University of Ireland
NFQ Level Level 10 NFQ
Award Name NFQ Classification Awarding Body NFQ Level
Degree - Doctoral (Level 10 NFQ) Major National University of Ireland Level 10 NFQ
Course Provider:
Location:
Galway City
Attendance Options:
Full time, Part time, Daytime
Qualification Letters:
PhD
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Duration

4 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Entry Requirements

A primary degree and/or MA/MSc in any of the following areas: Creative Arts / Arts Practice; Digital Humanities; Computer Science; Engineering; Education; Literary Studies; Modern Languages (with an emphasis on comparative cultural studies and/or translation); Philosophy; Social Sciences; or a related area.

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Further information

Fees: EU
€5,750 p.a. (€5,890 including levy) 2024/25
Fees: Non EU
€14,500 p.a. (€14,640 including levy) 2024/25

EU Part time: Year 1 €4,250 p.a. (€4,390 including levy) 2024/25

All students, irrespective of funding, must pay the student levy of €140.

The Structured PhD in Archaeology is a four-year, full-time programme of study and research and applicants must have a high honours standard in their primary degree or present such other evidence of fitness which will satisfy the Head of discipline and the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies.

As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured PhD programme, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that:

are discipline-specific in that they augment the student’s existing knowledge in their specialist area, e.g., Introduction to Adobe Photoshop; Introduction to Digital Surveying and Archaeological Specialisms.
are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to completion of the research project.
acknowledge a student’s professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an International Conference and core surveying skills.
enhance a student’s employability through generic training.
Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their programme of study and to provide on-going support to their research.

Proposal are welcome in any relevant areas of PhD research, especially (but not exclusively) in the areas outlined below:
Virtual/augmented reality and live performance
Creative arts, technology, and health/well-being
Creative arts, technology, and social inclusion
Extended reality and placemaking
Using creative arts and technology in primary and/or post-primary education.
Technology and the production/performance/reception of music
Sustainability and technology in the creative industries, including virtual production processes
Hacking, digital making and the circular economy
Augmented creativity and writing
The philosophy of technology and creativity
Affect and immersive art
The ethics of AI art

Research Areas
Digital Media, Creative Technologies, Virtual/augmented reality and live performance, Creative arts, technology, and health/social inclusion, Extended reality and placemaking, creative arts and technology in education, Technology and the production/performance/reception of music, Sustainability and technology in the creative industries, virtual production, Hacking, digital making and the circular economy, Augmented creativity and writing, The philosophy of technology and creativity, Affect and immersive art, The ethics of AI art.

Dr Conn Holohan
T: +353 91 49 5686
E: conn.holohan@universityofgalway.ie
www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/english-and-creative-arts/connholohan/

Course Provider:
Location:
Galway City
Attendance Options:
Full time, Part time, Daytime
Qualification Letters:
PhD
Apply to:
Course provider