Awards

PhD

Established

2004

Research Policy & Strategy

The Mission Statement of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology stresses the importance of both scholarly and artistic research.

Key research themes

Advanced 3D Technologies, Architecture, Architecture Theory, Art History, Art Theory, Game Studies, History, New Media Art, Performance, Photography, Visual Arts

Awards Offered

• PhD

• 4 years – Full Time

Assessment

Public defence

The public defence is preceded by a state exam in theory (usually a year in advance), a written thesis being handed in (two opponents either recommend the thesis to be accepted or not), a Ph.D. commission for the public defence is set up (including both members of academic staff and external experts plus the opponents), opponents speak their opinions, the Ph.D. candidate presents his/her dissertation. The commission votes on the result.

There are normally a minimum of 2 external examiners. There are at least 3 internal examiners.

Forms of Output

Dissertation and Practice

Publication + Contextual review

Exposition/Exhibition (including performance)

No set word count for dissertation

Programme Structure

The programme structure and peer learning are supported by group research seminars, symposia, participation in projects (e.g. Specific University Research), curating exhibitions (e.g. the annual event: “FFA Graduates” exhibition), public engagement activity and collaborative/live projects.

No methods and ethics training is provided.

The progress review is annual.

Undergraduate & Masters Research

• There is no research training at Masters level study.
• There is no research training at BA level study.

Qualification Framework

• Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic.
• National Framework.

Quality Assurance & Enhancement

Not clearly defined.

Primarily the following:

• RIV metrics (publishing scholarly texts, i.e. peer-reviewed articles books and conference papers)
• RUV metrics (number of achievements and quality of artistic presentations)

Supervision

Supervisors are qualified by their “associate professor / docent” academic degree. Exceptions can be made when agreed by the Arts Council of the Faculty.

Officially students normally work with one supervisor, however, the optimum number is two: one professional artist and one theoretician.

No training is provided for supervisors.

The number of supervision hours is not formally defined.

Staffing

Seven (15%) of arts academic staff are undertaking a 3^rd cycle awards.

20% of arts academic staff hold a 3^rd cycle award.

Not many as artists are allowed to “skip” Ph.D. degree when becoming associate professors (docent title). Ph.D. holders are usually theoreticians (such as art and architecture historians).

No recognition of research time.

15% of arts academic staff are research active.

No supervisor training is provided.

Overall responsibility for managing your 3rd cycle programme resides with:

• MgA. Filip Cenek

Student Admissions

The doctoral programme is advertised nationally.

Applications consist of:

• Institutional application form
• Research proposal
• Portfolio
• CV
• Interview

Approximately 7 or 8 students join the programme biannually.

Currently there are 36 registered students in the PhD programme in artistic research.

To date 28 students have graduated from the programme.

Student Funding

Junior grants of the specific university research funding programme and internal grant competition for support of publication activities are open to Ph.D. students.

Monthly stipend for 4 years of study.

The programme is state funded.

Student Support

Doctoral students have access to all specialist technical facilities, archives/library facilities, studio space, desk space, gallery/exhibition space, digital resources and workshops.

• Support for realisation of projects/artworks/publications
• Travel in support of research, conference attendance/presentation
• Specific University Research Programme for Ph.D. students

(so called “junior” projects) open on a yearly basis

With regards to engaging with the professional world outside the institution students usually apply from outside the faculty, i.e. they already come from the professional world (fresh MA graduates of FFA BUT are a minority).

Teaching is compulsory part of the Ph.D. curriculum.