Overview

About the programme

Problems in contexts where music is or has been an integral part of upbringing, education, teaching and other sources of impact exerted in a certain cultural situation, are addressed and discussed at the University of Gothenburg.

Music Education as a research field is cross-disciplinary in nature and uses theories and methods from education, psychology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, musicology as well as artistic research, in order to understand and explain phenomena related to music education.

Programme Structure

Structure:

The doctoral dissertation shall demonstrate the doctoral student's ability to identify, clearly define and, using relevant methods, his or her ability to perform and discuss a research task.
The doctoral dissertation can either take the form of a unified, coherent piece of work (a monograph dissertation) or of a compilation of scientific/scholarly articles together with a short summary of these (an article dissertation/compilation dissertation).

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Göteborg, Sweden

Disciplines

Music Art Education

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A person meets the general entry requirements if he or she has been awarded a second-cycle qualification, or has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle.

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Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.

PhD students do not pay tuition fees.

Living costs for Göteborg

7552 - 13932 SEK /month

Living costs

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Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Music Education.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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