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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Newcastle University
Full Time
16-SEP-24, 06-JAN-25
36 months
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Newcastle University
Full time
16-SEP-24..
36 months
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Newcastle University
Part time
16-SEP-24..
72 months
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Our Music PhD programmes enable 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.
Practice-based research focuses on composition, performance, improvisation and other forms of multi-media work.
Areas of musicological and theoretical inquiry can include the following approaches:
cultural and critical
historiographic
ethnomusicological
music analytical
philosophical and aesthetic
If you choose to engage in academic research you are normally assessed by a thesis of no more than 100,000 words for PhD and 50,000 words for MPhil. If you choose to undertake practice-based research you will normally submit a portfolio (eg of scores, sound files, video files, other forms of documentation or some combination of these), supplemented by a related dissertation to explain the larger, practice-based component.
A 2:1 honours degree or higher (or international equivalent), in a related subject. PhD applicants also require a Master's degree at Merit standard or higher (or international equivalent).
Students living in
Domestic
£4,712 per year
Students from Domestic
The mentioned fees is for 2023/24 entry. There may be slight increase in 2024/25 year.
£22,800 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£22,800 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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