PhD Conservatoire Research Degrees 36 months PHD Programme By Birmingham City University |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

MusicMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

A PhD at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire will help you create opportunities to develop research skills that support performance, composition or a scholarly career. Whether you are interested in music (including composition, music technology, musicology, performance and jazz) or performing arts (theatre, acting, directing, applied drama, dance and interdisciplinary performance practice), you will be supervised by leading experts in the field.

Choosing to study in a conservatoire environment allows you access to top-level performers, enabling you to situate your research in an environment of practical music making and acting.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

A PhD at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire will help you create opportunities to develop research skills that support performance, composition or a scholarly career. Whether you are interested in music (including composition, music technology, musicology, performance and jazz) or performing arts (theatre, acting, directing, applied drama, dance and interdisciplinary performance practice), you will be supervised by leading experts in the field.

Choosing to study in a conservatoire environment allows you access to top-level performers, enabling you to situate your research in an environment of practical music making and acting.

Admission Requirements

7+

You must complete a research proposal and upload this as part of your application. Please note that we will not be able to process your application without having received your research proposal.

To apply for our Conservatoire PhD research degree we usually expect you to have, or to be working towards, a Masters in a relevant subject area. Exceptional candidates without a Masters but with a strong undergraduate degree in a relevant subject area may be considered.

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