18 PhD Degrees in Music 2024
MPhil/PhD Music (Research, Composition, Performance Practice or Sonic Arts)
Goldsmiths, University of London
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- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
Goldsmiths’ Department of Music has a lively and varied research base, large postgraduate community, active performing tradition, and offers proximity to London’s resources.
- Helsinki, Finland
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
English, Finnish, Swedish
Our graduates are experts who are capable of high-level creative and critical work and who operate in demanding art, research, development, and educational positions independently and in collaboration with others. Doctors of Music also act as social influencers for an ethically sustainable future.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
4 years
On-Campus
English
Staff and students of the Department of Music pursue research on a wide range of subjects, mainly but not exclusively focused on the music of Asia and Africa. Whatever its regional origin, music is studied as a cultural phenomenon, and also from analytical and historical perspectives. Instrumental and vocal, sacred and secular, art and popular, traditional and modern musical forms are all of equal interest. Research methods employed include fieldwork, interview, archive research, recording and filming, performance, transcription and analysis, and composition.
- Dunedin, New Zealand
Full time
3 years
On-Campus
English
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest degree offered by the University of Otago. It is awarded on the submission of a thesis which must meet rigorous standards. It requires highly developed academic ability, independence and perseverance. Most students take between 3-4 years of full-time study to complete their PhD.
- Aveiro, Portugal
On-Campus
Portuguese
The Doctoral Music Program in Music at Aveiro University aims to prepare researchers and artists for the exercise of professional music life and the development of research work.
- Dunedin, New Zealand
Full time
3 years
On-Campus
English
The Doctor of Musical Arts is a three-year full-time Program in Music with three areas of specialisation: Performance, Composition or Studio Production. The DMA offers creative musicians the opportunity to develop their skills to the highest artistic and professional levels, while working within the innovative and stimulating environment of Otago's Music Department.
- Prague, Czech Republic
Full time
4 years
Blended, On-Campus
English
The Ph.D. study program Music theory and education is set to prepare future scientific staff who will be able to work independently on their creative and scientific work in the area of music education and music theory. The study program is to systematically deepen the knowledge in the area of interest, provides results of music education/pedagogy and music and science research, including the current trends in music education which should develop specific musical competence to begin independent scientific work in the field. The study program provides a scientific framework for the area of research in music pedagogy in compliance with music theory. Program without specialization.
- Harrisonburg, USA
Full time
3 years
On-Campus
English
The Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) program is the most advanced course of study offered in the School of Music at James Madison University. The program has been designed to make graduates more marketable in higher education by emphasizing pedagogy and literature along with advanced performance or conducting skills.
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
This scheme is suitable for graduates in music, especially in the fields of historical musicology, music aesthetics, theory and analysis.
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
This programme offers an opportunity to study with leading composers with internationally regarded expertise and experience in contemporary music composition.
- Helsinki, Finland
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
Swedish, Finnish
Doctoral studies provide the competence for a wide variety of artistic careers, for teaching, research, and development tasks, as well as for various sectors of societal activity. Our doctoral alumni work, for example, in the following positions: research project leader, academy research fellow, researcher, artist, provincial artist, musician, conductor, opera coach/collaborative pianist, singer, composer, professor, university lecturer, lecturer, teacher, rector and expert.
- Prague, Czech Republic
Part time
4 years
On-Campus
The individually designed attestation system of the doctoral program provides graduates with an insight into the current state of research and methodology of the subject, especially in the selected area of specialization and closely related disciplines. During the course, graduates also explored philosophical issues connected to their doctoral subjects and topics and passed a foreign language exam. The doctoral dissertation is a scientifically valuable contribution to the investigation of the topic and its findings are usually published as a monograph or study in a scientific journal.
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
Financing for this program may be available through grants, scholarships, loans (federal and private) and institutional
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
Financing for this program may be available through grants, scholarships, loans (federal and private) and institutional
- 2001, USA
On-Campus
English
The DMA degree emphasizes the advanced development of both musical artistry and scholarly achievement in an applied area of specialization. Students enrolled in the program follow the current Doctor of Philosophy Handbook, which is also provided by the Research Doctoral Studies Office.