Students will complete an original thesis during this year of study. Staff in Art and Design are available to supervise MPhil research on a wide range of topics. The school has extensive research capabilities in the following areas: Chinese art and aesthetics Critical and cultural theory Design history Digital design (animation, moving image, gaming, web, post production and film) Fashion and textiles (knit, print, textile, fashion and costume design) Graphic design (typography, illustration, animation and short film, photography and graphic novel) Narrative structure Oral History Performativity Product design (product and furniture) Spatial design (interior, furniture, urbanism, performance, installation, moving image, digital environments, exhibition design and spatial theory) Sustainability and fashion Visual arts (multimedia, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance)

It is expected that graduates with a Master of Philosophy will have gained the necessary skills and qualifications to follow an academic or research career leading to a Doctor of Philosophy. Alternatively, their research topic may lead them to a position of expertise in their chosen field of Art and Design.