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54 PhD programmes in Music in United Kingdom

Music
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.

Music
The Music programme at the University of Surrey brings together a broad range of interconnected subject areas, focused in our internationally acclaimed research centres, housed in state-of-the-art facilities.

Audio Engineering
On the Audio Engineering programme at the University of Surrey the primary goal is simply this: to make sound better. Our research combines elements of acoustics, digital signal processing, psychoacoustics, psychology, sound synthesis, software engineering, statistical analysis and user-interface design, with an understanding of the aesthetics of sound and music

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.

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

Music
The School of Music doctorate offered at Cardiff University is a creative and comprehensive centre of excellent musical research, composition and performance.

Music
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Music programme at the 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.

Music
The Department of Music is a centre of research excellence in both composition and musicology. University of Bristol offers the Music programme.

Music
Music research at Brunel University of London focuses on composition and musicology, and with the practice-based work in music, it is recognised as ‘of world-leading significance’ and demonstrating an ‘impressive stylistic breadth’.

Music
The Music PhD programme from University of York may be proposed in any area closely related to the research interests of current members of staff (see staff profiles).

Music
The Music programme from SOAS University of London will help you pursue research on a wide range of subjects, mainly but not exclusively focused on the music of Asia and Africa.

Music and Sound Arts
Develop your critical creative practice within an inclusive research environment, mentored by leading experts, with access to our world class labs.

Music
This Music PhD programme from Newcastle University enables you to pursue advanced research in the areas of classical, popular, world, contemporary, early, folk and traditional music through a range of approaches. These include practice-based research, and musicological and theoretical inquiry.

Music and Sound
This Music and Sound degree from University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to engage in an extended piece of academic research, either through creative practice in the production of an original body of work, or through the production of a written thesis.

Music
For over 60 years, the Music PhD programme from University of Southampton has been a home for disciplinary innovation in composition, performance and all areas of music studies.

Music
Within this Music course from the University of West London you will have a supervisory team made up of a Director of Studies with expertise in your chosen field, a further supervisor and, where appropriate, an additional adviser.

Musical Theatre
This Musical Theatre course from University of West London the aims to attract those interested in exploring the connections between music, theatre and movement through scholarly research and creative projects.
Music
Studying the Music at the University of Plymouth will immerse you in a world of cutting-edge research under the umbrella of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research.
Music
Music at University of Hull has a long-standing history of high quality research. By studying here, you will be able to access some of the finest music facilities in the country following a major redevelopment of Middleton Hall – with rehearsal spaces and studios available 24/7.
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.