62 PhD programmes in Music in Europe

Sound Studies at The Open University UK is an expanding field of research that examines concepts, practices and technologies relevant to auditory culture.

Music Computing research The Open University UK is focused on empowering musicians, illuminating musical activities, and modelling music perception and cognition.

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 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree presupposes the doctoral studies required in the curriculum as well as a dissertation. The licentiate degree consists of a licentiate thesis and additional postgraduate studies. University of Jyväskylä offers the Music, Art and Culture Studies programme. 

Invest your time and follow your passion to create original research with this Music by Distance Learning programme from University of Nottingham.

The Music programme from Guildhall School of Music & Drama is distinctive in that it is dedicated to the performing arts. Researchers pursue self-directed projects that connect creative practice with scholarly enquiry in an outstanding conservatoire with world-class facilities.  

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.

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

At the University of Sussex, we pride ourselves on our strengths in critical and theoretical thinking about Music.

Musical Acoustics research at The Open University UK is carried out by PhD students working individually or in collaboration with the Group’s other PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and academic staff.

Interactive Sound and Music researchers at Abertay University are operating at the forefront in dynamic audio production for applications including games, immersive experiences, installations, and performance and play.

Are you interested in researching and interrogating the languages and performance styles of popular music? this Popular Music Practice programme is offered at the University of Sussex.

The Department of Music at Royal Holloway University of London is consistently rated as one of the top research departments in the UK with an international reputation of high distinction.

The Computer Music course at University of Plymouth will immerse you in a world of cutting-edge research under the umbrella of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research.

A Conservatoire PhD at Birmingham City University will help you create opportunities to develop research skills that support performance, composition or a scholarly career. 

The Music Education programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in musical learning, teaching processes, and educational practices involving music.

The Music programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced expertise in sound, music, performance, and creative practice, preparing researchers to investigate musical cultures, technologies, and artistic processes through scholarly, practice-based, or interdisciplinary approaches.

The Doctor of Music programme from Guildhall School of Music & Drama is a specialist award in composition or musical performance. 

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 is at the forefront of current research and postgraduate teaching across music styles and repertoires from a wide variety of critical perspectives. We offer a Music degree at the University of Liverpool.