PhD in the Faculty of Arts

Everything you need to know about undertaking a PhD in Arts, including supervisors, scholarships and subjects available.

Learn more about the range of benefits our doctoral study programme has to offer.

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Explore the valuable resources available to you as you begin your research journey as a new candidate on a PhD or named doctorate.

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You can search for a doctoral supervisor that will best suit you and your research needs.

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Luna Zhao relishes sharing ideas and meeting new people as her PhD explores how Kiwi political parties use marketing to target Chinese New Zealand voters.

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After completing her BA (Hons), Melissa Irvine dived into a PhD in Linguistics discovering the emergence and impact of new languages in the Caribbean.

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Our leading researchers are available to supervise postgraduate research exploring Indigenous-centred knowledge.

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Research movements, migrations and mobilities in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland — a mooring place for waka/canoes arriving from many places, but tied together here.

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