What will I learn?

The rapid development and distribution of digital media technologies in so many aspects of everyday life raises new research questions. Specialist methods and approaches are needed to understand the transformations in everyday life and social worlds. Exploring these questions in your PhD, you’ll work with expert faculty guiding and supervising you throughout your research project. You have the opportunity to participate in the Sussex Humanities Lab, which is dedicated to developing and expanding interdisciplinary research at the cutting edge of digital humanities and digital media. We welcome research proposals in areas such as: • critical theory • technology • digital humanities • computational media • the political economy of computation • software and algorithm studies • philosophy of media. Projects can be co-supervised by faculty in another school as appropriate.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£23,500.00 (25,60,471) per year

Books, course materials and other costs (average) - £10 to £15 per week

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Application deadline

Expected June 2027

Start date

September 2026

Venue

University of Sussex

Sussex House, Falmer,

Brighton,

East Sussex,

BN1 9RH, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees

£23,500.00 (25,60,471) per year

Books, course materials and other costs (average) - £10 to £15 per week

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Application deadline

11/01/2027

Start date

April 2027

Venue

University of Sussex

Sussex House, Falmer,

Brighton,

East Sussex,

BN1 9RH, Southern England, United Kingdom

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Entry requirements

For international students

Youre normally expected to have a Merit (an average of 60percentage overall) in a Masters degree and an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree. Subject-specific requirements – Your qualification should be in a subject relevant to your chosen area of research. You may also be considered for the degree if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.