PhD in Digital Arts and Humanities (Okanagan)

The University of British Columbia | Kelowna Canada
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Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD 9,690
(c. USD6,949.88)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months

Employing digital tools to examine core themes in arts and humanities, while applying humanistic perspectives to digital innovations, Digital Humanities encompasses disciplines where researchers utilize computational methods to explore traditional humanities inquiries or examine technology through a humanities lens (Fitzpatrick).

Likewise, Digital Arts represents an interdisciplinary practice merging theoretical foundations with hands-on creation in areas like graphic design, digital media production, web development, animation, digital storytelling, and app design. Uniting these disciplines in a single program fosters meaningful exchanges between artistic and scholarly approaches – a key focus of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.

Graduate research in this program bridges Humanities, Social Sciences, and Creative Arts, utilizing digital technologies and makerspace approaches to investigate pressing issues including equity, accessibility, environmental responsibility, cultural preservation, ethics, work practices, creative expression, exhibition strategies, cooperative projects, hands-on creation, educational methods, and literary analysis, while critically examining digital technologies themselves.

Destination of Study

Canada

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 7.0

Qualification Requirements

PhD applicants are expected to hold the academic equivalent of a two-year master’s degree from UBC in a related field and to demonstrate superior academic standing. Applicant background training must be sufficient for advanced work in their chosen field.

Applicants from a university outside Canada at which English is not the primary language of instruction must present evidence of competency to pursue studies in the English language prior to being extended an offer of admission. Acceptable English language proficiency tests for applicants to graduate studies are:

  • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): minimum score of 550 (paper version); 90 overall with a minimum score of 22 in Reading & Listening and a minimum score of 21 in Writing & Speaking (Internet version), or
  • IELTS (International English Language Testing Service): minimum overall band score of 6.5, with no individual component score less than 6.0, or
  • MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery): minimum overall score of 85, with a final score of 3 in the speaking test.

Tuition CAD 9,690