10 PhD programmes in Music Composition in Europe

Composition
This Composition programme from Cardiff University, offers an opportunity to study with leading composers with internationally regarded expertise and experience in contemporary music composition.

How is Visual Music Evolving
This How is Visual Music Evolving project aims to investigate what the legacy of Visual Music is in terms of the current field of practitioners that are involved in some technologically enhanced visual/music making process. Join the How is Visual Music Evolving programme from the University of Dundee.

Music by Composition
The Music by Composition research degree at University of Hull has a long-standing history of high quality research.

The Science of Synaesthesia and Crossmodal Experience as a Basis of Robust Parameters for a Visual Language of Sound
This project aims to build upon recent developments in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology that have shed new light on the concept of synaesthesia and cross-modal experiences. The Science of Synaesthesia and Crossmodal Experience as a Basis of Robust Parameters for a Visual Language of Sound programme is offered by University of Dundee.

The Language of Visual Music
The language of visual music: An historical re-evaluation of the visual music canon in search of the origins of correlations between sound and vision. Join The Language of Visual Music programme at the University of Dundee.
Music Research
We offer a phd degree in Music Research at the King's College London. The department has an international reputation for music research in history, theory, anthropology/ethnography, composition, and creative practice.
Musical Composition
For our Musical Composition PhD at the University of Sussex, you’ll research and develop new musical languages. You achieve this through building a portfolio of works accompanied by a reflective critical commentary.
Music (Electroacoustic Composition)
Our PhD Music (Electroacoustic Composition) programme at The University of Manchester will see you produce a portfolio of electroacoustic works and a written commentary under the supervision of our academics.
Music Composition
A superb opportunity to develop your own portfolio of compositions in a professional and supportive environment. We welcome a broad range of styles and approaches in the Music Composition programme offered at the University of Nottingham.
Music (Composition)
Our PhD Music (Composition) programme at The University of Manchester will see you produce a portfolio of compositions and a written commentary under the supervision of our academics.