Overview
About the programme
The Open University UK hosts a thriving music research culture encompassing historical, theoretical, ethnographic, social scientific and empirical approaches to musicology, as well as interdisciplinary fields including music computing and musical acoustics.
Music research is developed through high-profile individual and collaborative projects, many of which have attracted substantial grants from research councils and other funding bodies. The research group offers this programme in Music Technology.
Programme Structure
Staff expertise centres especially on:- Electronic music practice
- Analogue electronics and instrument design
- Digital instruments and performance practice
- Electroacoustic music
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Popular music, including dub, dance music, and DJ culture
- Contemporary art music
- Video game music
- Organology, including instrument design, past and present
- Historically informed performance practice
- Sound recording and recording studios
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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- Application period: January
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Music Sound Engineering View 7 other PhDs in Sound Engineering in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Entry requirements
- Most successful applicants to the PhD programme have a masters degree in music or a related discipline, with a substantial dissertation.
- However, applicants can still be considered provided they demonstrate evidence of the ability to research and write about music at a high level.
- If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Tuition Fee
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International
11958 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11958 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Milton Keynes
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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