PhD Typography and Graphic Communication
University of Reading

UK

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About this course

What will I learn?

Whether you have a clear research direction or just some emerging ideas, we can help you shape, strengthen and refine a PhD proposal and connect you with relevant academic expertise. We have many areas of expertise and specialism, and can support research in other areas as well. We have strong interests in the material history of our field and we also encourage practice-informed research.

We supervise research in:

  • history and technology of printing, typefounding and type composition
  • history of letterforms and type
  • history and design of non-Latin typefaces (including Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Indian, South-east Asian)
  • influence of composing technologies and practices on type forms
  • type design for cross-media use.

Which department am I in?

Typography and Graphic Communication

Study options

Full Time (3 years)

Tuition fees
£20,350.00 (US$ 26,281) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

September 2025

Venue

University of Reading

Whiteknights House,

PO Box 217,

Reading,

Wokingham,

RG6 6AH, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£20,350.00 (US$ 26,281) per year
Accommodation - Standard 181.72 (Cost per week)
Start date

September 2025

Venue

Whiteknights Campus

Reading,

Reading,

RG6 6AH, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

To be accepted onto a research degree programme, you will need to have obtained a strong merit grade (equivalent to 65% or above on a UK programme for both the coursework and the dissertation) on a master's degree in a relevant field, but applicants with other qualifications may be accepted in certain circumstances. Our requirement is that before starting the course, you have an overall International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.0, with no sub-component below 6.5. TOEFL (iBT): 88.

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

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