PhD in Art and design

The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław runs this doctoral program in Art and Design in English, structured around a Doctoral School that trains specialists with significant artistic achievements and strong research and teaching potential. The program lasts six semesters and leads to a doctoral degree in art, within the discipline of fine arts and conservation of works of art. Its curriculum balances artistic practice and theory, drawing on established technique while remaining open to new approaches, and it combines classical methods with newer technologies. Doctoral candidates work within a setting that connects individual artistic activity to a wider range of cultural, scientific, and social reference points. Doctoral students at Polish doctoral schools, including this one, receive a monthly scholarship, and they can apply for additional funding through the Academy's Fund for Scientific Development of the Members of the Doctoral School to support their research and artistic activities. The Geppert Academy holds Substantial Equivalency status from NASAD, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, an accrediting body for art schools in the United States; it is the only art academy in Poland and Europe to hold this status, meaning its degrees, including its doctoral degrees, are recognized as equivalent to degree programs accredited by NASAD in the United States. Doctoral study in fine arts and conservation typically combines a substantial self-directed studio or research practice with academic writing, culminating in a doctoral thesis and public defense. Graduates commonly pursue careers as practicing artists, conservators, researchers, or faculty members at art academies and universities, both within Poland and internationally.