Course Overview

By adding an academic accreditation to your existing portfolio of work or career, you'll position yourself to take the next step, and open up further academic and industry opportunities.

You’ll be able to frame and articulate your practice and career within specialist contexts, such as situating your work within literary and storytelling traditions or within the context of social, economical and digital transformations.

General Eligibility

The PhD by Publication is no less rigorous than the traditional route. We welcome candidates who are active researchers/practitioners and who have developed their research skills to the doctoral level. You must be able to demonstrate an extensive portfolio of creative work, public works or publications which highlight the potential for original contribution to knowledge. It's important that your creative work/practice can be judged against the PhD assessment criteria.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• A mandatory English Language Test by Bath Spa University UK conducted in the Bath Spa University Academic Center RAK Campus; or IELTS (Academic) test results with an overall score of 6.0, minimum score of 5.5 for each skill/band.