Research doctorate · PhD
Doctor of Philosophy/PhD
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien · Institute of Fine Arts · Wien, Wien, Austria
- Official award
- Doctor of PhilosophyPhD
- Subject
- Art History (concentration)
- Format
- On campus6 semesters
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Six-semester doctoral program in history and theory of art and cultural studies, with a thesis agreement concluded within the first two semesters.
- Department
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Doctor of PhilosophyPhD
- Award family
- PhDA Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Practice-based and practice-led PhDs are PhDs; other doctoral titles are listed under their own names.
- Academic level
- Research doctorate
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Art History | Documented pathwayAn interdisciplinary program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Art history and cultural studiesHow students choose it is not published“experimental research in art history and cultural studies”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 6 semesters
- Credits
- 180 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Thesis or dissertation
- Thesis Agreement (Dissertationsvereinbarung) within the first two semesters
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Research degree details
- Research themes
- art history
- cultural studies
- Finding a supervisor
- Thesis agreement specifying the main parameters of the supervision process
- Previous qualifications
- Master's or similar degree (Diplomstudium) in humanities/cultural studies, or an artistic diploma or MA, or a teaching diploma or MA
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)