264 PhD programmes in Music

The primary objective of the Conducting program from the West Virginia University is the recognition of the highest achievement in music performance and teaching, preparing artist-pedagogues for careers in higher education and in the professional world.

The Music - Music Theory program at Louisiana State University is intended to develop in students the knowledge, concepts, and techniques for research in music theory and to prepare students for teaching at the college/university level.

We offer a phd degree in Orchestral Instruments at the Catholic University of America. Acceptance as a graduate student by the Departments of Music is required. 

Students in the Music - Music Theory and Cognition program at Northwestern University design a course of study incorporating their individual interests and a broad-based approach to contemporary music research. 

The D.M.A. Orchestral Instrument program at University of British Columbia is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. 

Theories of music describe ways that listeners, composers, and performers conceive of the elements of their art. We offer a Music Theory degree at the University of British Columbia.

Embark on a transformative journey into the world of music with UCSI University's comprehensive Music doctoral program.

The South African College of Music at University of Cape Town offers training in a range of orchestral instruments, piano, voice, African music and jazz. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Music Education offered at the University of South Florida is a research-focused terminal degree in the field.

Perform, teach, and participate in research and outreach as a Music graduate student at the University of Mississippi.

Discover a new level of musical excellence. We offer a doctoral degree in Organ at the Indiana University Bloomington.

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.

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.

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

Music at Cornell University flourishes through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the fields of performance, historical musicology, ethno-musicology, composition, and music theory.   

The online Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Music Education at Boston University is a collaborative program that prepares music educators for advancement in their field by developing and honing research skills, sharpening proficiency in teaching techniques, and producing a dissertation of publishable quality that introduces new knowledge designed to push the field of music education forward.

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 programme of The Chinese University of Hong Kong have the longest history and also the largest intake of research postgraduates in Hong Kong.

The Musical Arts - Conducting degree from The University of Arizona has emphases in composition, conducting, and performance. In the performance emphasis concentrations are available in bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, euphonium, flute, guitar, horn, harp, harpsichord, oboe, organ, percussion, piano, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin, and voice. 

Students in the Music - Musicology program at Northwestern University design a course of study incorporating their individual interests and a broad-based approach to contemporary music research.