Research doctorate · PhD
Music research degrees (MA by Research, MPhil, PhD)
Bangor University · Music, Bangor University · Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
- Official award
- PhDPhD
- Subject
- Musicology and Music History (concentration)Composition (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research degrees at Bangor (MA by Research, MPhil and PhD) undertaken by musicologists, composers or performers, leading to a thesis, a portfolio of compositions and/or a recital.
- Department
- Music, Bangor University
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- PhDPhD
- Award family
- PhDA Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): a research doctorate. A performance doctorate such as the DMA is a different award.
- Qualification level
- Research doctorate
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Musicology and Music History | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | MusicologyHow students choose it is not published“conduct research and provide PhD supervision in Musicology , Composition , Performance and Health and Well-Being”Source |
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | CompositionHow students choose it is not published“conduct research and provide PhD supervision in Musicology , Composition , Performance and Health and Well-Being”Source |
| Music Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | PerformanceHow students choose it is not published“conduct research and provide PhD supervision in Musicology , Composition , Performance and Health and Well-Being”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Bangor University (Music)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Research degree details
- Department
- Music
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based and written components
- Research themes
- Musicology
- Composition
- Performance
- Health and Well-Being
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)