Royal Holloway and Bedford New College · UK

Music PhD

Campus PhD Full Time

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Delivery

Campus

Study mode

Full Time

Level

PhD

Introduction

Music PhD is a PhD program taught at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College offers a Music PhD for postgraduate research in a range of musical disciplines, including historical musicology, theory and analysis, performance as research, composition, and ethnomusicology. Students work on a research project supported through supervision, discipline-specific research training, and opportunities to present research at regular PGR colloquia.

Progress is monitored through supervision reports and reviewed annually, with an upgrade viva that, if successful, moves you onto the PhD programme. Students also gain teaching experience by working as an assistant to an academic staff member on delivering and assessing aspects of the BMus curriculum.

The programme leads to post-doctoral research positions and other academic opportunities for many graduates, and it can also lead to portfolio careers as creative artists, performers, teachers, and/or researchers. Royal Holloway also states that a PhD in Music can lead to non-academic careers.

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in Music PhD at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

program specific academic requirment set by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.
English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College as pre-requiste for admission in Music PhD.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

A good first Bachelor honours degree at a 2:1 or equivalent.
A Masters degree in Music, or in a related subject if the topic of research is interdisciplinary is typically required.
Before applying we recommend securing a supervisor in order to apply for your research project, although this is not mandatory prior to submitting an application.
We advise getting in touch with the Director of Postgraduate Education making an informal enquiry for your chosen research degree to inquire whether there is any other additional material they require you to submit in your application.
A research proposal is required as part of the application.

IELTS: 6.5 overall. Writing 7.0. No other subscore lower than 5.5.

Pearson Test of English: 67 overall. Writing 76 no other subscore lower than 59.

Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE III.

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) grade C.

TOEFL ib: 88 overall, with Reading 18 Listening 17 Speaking 20 Writing 26.

Duolingo: 120 overall, 135 in Literacy, 135 in Production and no sub-score below 100.