12 monthsProgramme duration
16,010 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jun, 2025Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Trinity Laban offers unique, practice-based research programmes studying at the heart of our thriving artistic community. You’ll join a small group of dedicated performers, creators and academics, pushing the boundaries of artistic and scientific practice.
Research Degrees available:
- MPhil/PhD in Creative Practice: Dance / Music / Collaborative Arts
- MPhil/PhD in Dance and/or Music Science
- MPhil/PhD in Dance and/or Music Pedagogy
Our research degrees are validated by City St Georges, University of London
The Research Degree Programme includes an induction period, research skills training, seminars, and a requirement to present your research work on a regular basis. You will mainly focus on regular one-to-one supervisions with two allocated research members of Trinity Laban staff or one member of Trinity Laban staff and one supervisor from a different institution.
The options in creative practice are suitable if your main focus is in musical composition, choreography, music and dance performance, movement-based somatic practice, or other projects in art forms such as film, installation, and photography that interface substantially with either music or dance. Any related activity which embodies practical components, including research incorporating interdisciplinary collaborations, is also suitable. Historical research projects that use archive resources at Trinity Laban are also admissible under this option.
The options in science and pedagogy are available if you are specialising in empirical approaches to topics in music and / or dance research and if you wish to concentrate on educational and pedagogical aspects.
Some researchers combine practice with theoretical perspectives – for example, looking at the cultural context of the creation and performance of works. Practitioners and researchers from Trinity Laban are developing innovative, collaborative projects which push the boundaries of the art forms and promote the development of new artistic media.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Trinity Laban offers unique, practice-based research programmes studying at the heart of our thriving artistic community. You’ll join a small group of dedicated performers, creators and academics, pushing the boundaries of artistic and scientific practice.
Research Degrees available:
- MPhil/PhD in Creative Practice: Dance / Music / Collaborative Arts
- MPhil/PhD in Dance and/or Music Science
- MPhil/PhD in Dance and/or Music Pedagogy
Our research degrees are validated by City St Georges, University of London
The Research Degree Programme includes an induction period, research skills training, seminars, and a requirement to present your research work on a regular basis. You will mainly focus on regular one-to-one supervisions with two allocated research members of Trinity Laban staff or one member of Trinity Laban staff and one supervisor from a different institution.
The options in creative practice are suitable if your main focus is in musical composition, choreography, music and dance performance, movement-based somatic practice, or other projects in art forms such as film, installation, and photography that interface substantially with either music or dance. Any related activity which embodies practical components, including research incorporating interdisciplinary collaborations, is also suitable. Historical research projects that use archive resources at Trinity Laban are also admissible under this option.
The options in science and pedagogy are available if you are specialising in empirical approaches to topics in music and / or dance research and if you wish to concentrate on educational and pedagogical aspects.
Some researchers combine practice with theoretical perspectives – for example, looking at the cultural context of the creation and performance of works. Practitioners and researchers from Trinity Laban are developing innovative, collaborative projects which push the boundaries of the art forms and promote the development of new artistic media.
Admission Requirements
You can find a brief outline of prerequisites for an application and its necessary components below. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and that you should read the Guidance Notes for RDP Applicants carefully before you consider submitting an application.
- A good Honours degree in a relevant subject and, preferably, a master’s qualification.
- A detailed research proposal, which outlines the area(s) of study and a description of how these correlate with existing areas of scholarship, both theoretical and practical. You will also be asked to state how the proposed research project is represented in terms of the research interests of Trinity Laban, and, if necessary, how the resources of the conservatoire will be utilised.
- If your first language is not English, you must also have sufficient command of English to study at doctoral level: an IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 or above in each element. Please note that applications which should include an IELTS certificate cannot be assessed if they are submitted without it.
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
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