3rd Cycle Research at the Institute for the Performing Arts and Film (IPF) is composed of a doctoral and a predoctoral programme, called PEERS. The PEERS programme supports international as well as local artists to develop their PhD proposal and find a PhD position at a university of their choice – possibly, but not necessarily in collaboration with ZHdK. IPF doctoral candidates are both enrolled at a partner university and registered at ZHdK, with a ZHdK faculty member serving as one of their supervisors.