PhD in Music 48 months PHD Program By Université de Montréal |Top Universities
Program Duration

48 monthsProgram duration

Scholarship

1Scholarships

Main Subject Area

MusicMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Deepen your knowledge of the main trends in music research by specializing in a specific and innovative subject. The objective of the doctorate in music is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the discipline, while integrating you into contemporary scientific and musicological debates. The training also allows you to consolidate your oral and written communication skills, particularly encouraging the transmission and dissemination of knowledge.

The program covers a wide range of perspectives for the study of music:

  • Historical musicology
  • Music analysis and theory
  • Semiology of music, philosophy of music, musical aesthetics,
  • Ethnomusicology, anthropology of music
  • Sociomusicology
  • Music mediation
  • Cinemusicology, ludomusicology
  • Cognitive and experimental musicology, musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, biomusicology
  • Digital musicology, musical computing
  • Organology
  • Analysis of creative processes in music
  • Research-creation (interpretation, improvisation, composition) as well as any interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of these disciplines and other related disciplines (visual arts, cinema, literature, political sciences, sociology, psychology, computer science, movement sciences, etc. .)
Different musical repertoires are covered (learned and popular Western music, world music, film and video game music). The analysis of these artistic objects, their creation and transmission processes as well as the entire ecosystem that supports them are all possible areas of research in this program.

Program overview

Main Subject

Music

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Deepen your knowledge of the main trends in music research by specializing in a specific and innovative subject. The objective of the doctorate in music is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the discipline, while integrating you into contemporary scientific and musicological debates. The training also allows you to consolidate your oral and written communication skills, particularly encouraging the transmission and dissemination of knowledge.

The program covers a wide range of perspectives for the study of music:

  • Historical musicology
  • Music analysis and theory
  • Semiology of music, philosophy of music, musical aesthetics,
  • Ethnomusicology, anthropology of music
  • Sociomusicology
  • Music mediation
  • Cinemusicology, ludomusicology
  • Cognitive and experimental musicology, musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, biomusicology
  • Digital musicology, musical computing
  • Organology
  • Analysis of creative processes in music
  • Research-creation (interpretation, improvisation, composition) as well as any interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of these disciplines and other related disciplines (visual arts, cinema, literature, political sciences, sociology, psychology, computer science, movement sciences, etc. .)
Different musical repertoires are covered (learned and popular Western music, world music, film and video game music). The analysis of these artistic objects, their creation and transmission processes as well as the entire ecosystem that supports them are all possible areas of research in this program.

Admission Requirements

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4 Years
Aug
Jan

Scholarships

UdeM exemption scholarship for international students

UdeM exemption scholarship for international students
Bachelors Master PhD Open

Value

$7636

Deadline

1 Apr 2026

Application requirements

QS Event Attendance is NOT required

Entry requirements

You must be admitted to this school to be awarded

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