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Music
The School of Music at Texas Christian University will challenge you to grow and excel personally and musically as we prepare you to join the next generation of world-changing teachers, performers, scholars, composers and arts advocates.
Voice
The Voice program at Johns Hopkins University leading to the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) provides students with the highest level of professional training in the art of musical performance or the craft of musical composition.
Piano
Our long-standing reputation as a strong Piano program at Texas Christian University offers versatility in your path of study.
Film and Media Studies
The PhD in Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental degree that stresses the history, theory, and aesthetics of international cinema, video, television, and new media.
Music Education
Students in the Music Education PhD degree at Florida State University serve as conducting assistants in the major choral, orchestral and wind ensembles, teach undergraduate beginning conducting courses, and assist the faculty directors in the management of a large ensemble studies program.
Collaborative Piano
This Collaborative Piano degree at Florida State University is offered to candidates who have achieved distinction in public performance and who demonstrate ability to execute research and scholarly study.
Architecture - Ecosystems in Architectural Sciences
The doctoral program in Architecture from Yale University currently offers two tracks of study: History and Theory of Architecture, and Architecture - Ecosystems in Architectural Sciences.
Film Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures
To be accepted into the combined degree Film Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures program, students at Yale University must be accepted by both departments. Each student’s program of study will be planned in consultation with the DGS in each area.
Film and Television
At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) we offer our students a phd degree in Film and Television.
Architecture
The Architecture programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in spatial design, built environments, and their relationship to society, culture, and human experience.
Theatre, Film and Television Studies
The Theatre, Film and Television Studies programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in performance analysis, screen cultures, and creative media interpretation.
Composition
Gain a broad exposure to a wide range of musical repertoire and knowledge through required and elective Composition coursework offered at the Florida State University.
Conducting (Orchestral)
DMA Conducting (Orchestral) majors at University of Rochester specialize in choral, orchestral, or wind conducting, but also conduct in areas other than their principal repertory.
Architecture
The School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool (LSA) is an internationally recognised centre for architectural and built environment research.
Musicology
The Musicology Department at University of Rochester provides students across the Eastman community with creatively designed courses that explore the intricacies of musical meaning and aesthetics in widely divergent historical, cultural, and geographical settings.
Music Theory
A comprehensive program in Music Theory at University of Rochester contributes to the education of every undergraduate Eastman student, with courses for the well-rounded musician, including analysis, style composition, improvisation, and music making.
Digital, Material Transformation and Infrastructures
This Digital, Material Transformation and Infrastructures research area at The Open University UK considers cities not just as cultural and political sites, but also as sites where socio-material relations are enacted.
Culture and Aesthetics
The Culture and Aesthetics programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in artistic, cultural, and intellectual traditions across multiple disciplines.
Interactive Arts and Technology
This Interactive Arts and Technology program at Simon Fraser University offers a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree in art, design, media and information technology with particular expertise in the computational and interactive aspects of art, design, new media learning, business, computer games, cognition, performing arts, social science and cultural studies.
Urban Studies
This Urban Studies programme is offered by the Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.