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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
PhD, DPhil On-Campus Part-time 6 - 7 years September £2090 per year find out
PhD, DPhil On-Campus Full-time 3 - 4 years September £4180 per year £15570 per year

About Musicology, PhD - at University of Birmingham

The Music Department offers promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain, with access to outstanding facilities.

Our research expertise covers: Western music history, British music since 1850, Italian opera and vocal music, Music analysis, Critical theory, Music and nationalism, Ethnomusicology and Popular music. The MA by Research programme leads to the submission of a thesis of not more than 40,000 words, whilst the PhD requires an 80,000 word thesis to be submitted. Our wide research expertise covers the whole of western music history. Employers that graduates have gone on to work for include: Arts Council England; BBC; Birmingham Conservatoire; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Coventry City Council Performing Arts Service; Lancaster University; National Opera Studio; National Orchestra; Raffles Institution; and Royal Northern College of Music.


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