The V&A PhD Placement Scheme offers PhD researchers in the UK and internationally the chance to gain professional experience outside a university setting. Placements are designed by V&A staff across collections departments, archives, the National Art Library, research, and collections care and access. Through them, researchers contribute to the V&A’s strategic objectives. Alongside hands-on experience and mentoring from their supervisors, placement students can join the museum’s wider programme of workshops, talks and postgraduate training, as well as a training package designed for the placement cohort.
V&A doctoral placements are unpaid and are only open to students currently studying on a funded PhD programme. Applicants will be asked to show that they receive a stipend for the duration of the placement that is at least equivalent to the UKRI national minimum doctoral rate. International students are welcome to apply.
PhD Placement - Cataloguing and Rehousing the Royal Photographic Society Collection~
London, V&A Museum
Closes 20 November 2026
Details and apply here.
