PhD programmes in Music in Europe

Music at University of Hull has a long-standing history of high quality research. Our internationally excellent and world-leading research in popular music, jazz studies, sonic arts, and music psychology was recognised by the Research Excellence Framework of 2014.

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

SARC: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music at Queen's University Belfast is established as a broad research environment supporting work in all areas of sound and music. 

This Music programme from Maynooth University offers a doctoral-level programme in Music for students who wish to engage in high-quality research in selected areas of the discipline. 

The Music programme offered by the University of Bristol is a research project undertaken across three to four years, culminating in a portfolio of either 75-120 minutes of music and an analytical/contextual commentary

We are a creative and comprehensive centre of excellent musical research, composition and performance. Music degree is offered at  the School of Music from Cardiff University.

A PhD is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Music programme at University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

Invest your time and follow your passion to create original Music research at the University of Nottingham. 

Our research degree in Musical Composition at University of Birmingham aims to foster your skills as you navigate an exciting new musical world, which combines tradition and innovation, bringing together instruments and the latest in high technology.

As a research programme, the course does not have a modular outline. Each student receives close supervision on an individual and original project, which has the potential to make a new and substantial contribution to the field. The Music programme is offered at Bangor University.

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.

We are a creative and comprehensive centre of excellent musical research, composition and performance. Music research is offered at the Cardiff University.

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.

Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of cultural exploration with the University of Udine's doctoral programs in Art History, Film Studies, Media Studies, and Music.

The Department of Music, Media and Performance at University of Chester offers research students the opportunity to work alongside well-practiced and experienced researchers. 

Doctoral Music research is a very important part of the School’s Graduate Programme at University College Dublin and the range of dissertation topics which are currently under supervision reflects the diversity of interests present in the School. 

Music at University of Glasgow has a dynamic, supportive but rigorous research culture with a strong sense of community linked by ideas and practice.

This Music degree at University of Oxford, with specialisation in musicology or composition, is awarded upon successful completion of a substantial original contribution to these fields prepared over the course of usually three or four years for full-time students, or seven or eight years for part-time students.

The Music programme at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn makes it possible to obtain a doctoral degree in the field of arts in the artistic discipline of musical arts in the field of conducting.

The Music at The University of Edinburgh offers an exciting research environment that combines the theory, history, composition and practice of music with the scientific study of sound. We engage with a broad range of genres and traditions, including classical and popular music, Western and non-Western music, professional and amateur music making and music for screen.