What will I learn?

OVERVIEW

If you are a graduate in music, composition, production or similar discipline, this Music MPhil/ PhD / PhD by Published Works programme offers an excellent route to expand your knowledge, develop your skills and apply research either in a practice-led study, or the more traditional written medium. After successfully defending the final thesis, you will be given a Level 8 certificate, which is the highest formal certification available in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Our offer affords an excellent opportunity to therefore progress to a higher management position within the music sector, or potentially beyond into a related field.

Course Details

This Music PhD programme is a way for you to develop your specialism by improving your technical skills, improving creativity and deepen your thinking.

To conduct your research work efficiently and autonomously, you will first get general, discipline-based, and project-specific instruction while creating and setting up research projects. When you finish this course, you will be able to find research and development roles across a range of music related industries, or progress into an academic career or enter business at a managerial level.

Which department am I in?

University of Northampton

Study options

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
£15,950.00 (17,37,851) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

March 2025

Venue

University of Northampton

Buildingy23m02, University Drive,

Waterside Campus,

Northampton,

NN1 5PH, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

To be admitted onto the programme, you will normally need to have a recognised Masters degree or a 2.1 or higher honours degree from a UK university or International equivalent in a relevant subject area. You must also demonstrate a close familiarity with existing theoretical and practical aspects of your topic area, a developed awareness of fundamental research skills, and some ability to design and define a viable project. ?There should also be a good match between your intended project and expertise of staff at UON. All applicants must be able to demonstrate that their level of English Language ability meets the University of Northampton’s minimum requirements for their application to be accepted. Therefore, applications received with Applications with IELTS lower than 5.5 in all components will not be considered for level 8 study. UON requires applicants to speak and write English to an overall standard of CEFR C1, with a minimum standard of CEFR B2 in all four components for its level 8 programmes. This is equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 7.0, with a minimum of 6.5. in all four components especially in writing.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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