Slade School of Fine Art MPhil/PhD

All Slade staff supervisors are practising artists or writers involved in research. An account of their research interests and expertise is available on the Slade website where you will also find the Slade research strategy and our research priorities for the next five years.

We also encourage cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research with other faculties and departments across UCL and external institutions, including those within the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP), through research clusters, events and joint supervision. Slade doctoral students actively extend the remit of fine art research through institutional collaboration and contribute to the wider culture through their public art practice, writing, curating and academic careers.

Doctoral researchers also benefit from the Slade’s central London location and proximity to other external research institutions, galleries and museums. Practice-led students in full-time attendance are allocated shared studio space and all students have access to workshop facilities.

The Slade sits within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, ranked 6th in the THE World University Rankings 2023 by subject: arts and humanities.