PhD

The DKV is committed in many ways to the third cycle and the opportunities to complete a doctorate in an academic environment embedded in the research landscape of the ZHDK. DKV cooperates with partner universities in Switzerland and abroad in its three PhD programmes funded by swiss universities: "Art & Design Didactics", "Epistemologies of Aesthetic Practices" and "Transdisciplinary Artistic PhD". In addition, various lecturers at the DKV have the opportunity to individually supervise doctorates and register them at cooperating universities.

Epistemologies of Aesthetic Practices

The laboratory Epistemologies of Aesthetic Practices at the Collegium Helveticum aims to pool and support outstanding dissertations on fundamental artistic, artistic-scientific and scientific questions in the field of aesthetics at ETH, the University of Zurich and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and to develop joint research projects.

Didactics of Art & Design

The the PhD programme Didactics of Art & Design, which is the first of its kind in the German-speaking area, is offered by Zurich University of the Arts in cooperation with the Zurich University of Teacher Education, the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, and the Freiburg University of Education. The online event series "What? How? And for Whom? Research in Art Education" provides regular insights into the doctoral projects.

Transdisciplinary Artistic PhD

The Transdisciplinary Artistic PhD Programme supports third-cycle education for artists and designers by distinctive artistic means. It advocates a collaborative approach between the artistic disciplines at Zurich University of the Arts, as well as between their specific research approaches and aesthetic practices. The programme is run by a multidisciplinary team from all five departments of ZHdK (Cultural Analysis, Fine Arts, Design, Music, Performing Arts & Film).