Research doctorate · PhD
Doctoral programme in Artistic Research
Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) · Faculty of Music · Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Official award
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)PhD
- Subject
- General Music Studies
- Format
- On campussix semesters/180 ECTS points
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Six-semester doctorate in artistic-scholarly research, admitted through a research-project concept and a commission-led admission examination.
- Department
- Faculty of Music
- 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
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)PhD
- 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
- Research orientation
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
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
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- six semesters/180 ECTS points
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Music and Arts University of the City of ViennaJohannesgasse 4a, 1010 Wien
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German, English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Audition details
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Portfolio details
- Interview
- Interview required
Research degree details
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based
- Finding a supervisor
- Written confirmation of supervision by an academic and an artistic supervisor is required with the application.
- Research proposal
- Concept for the intended research project (topic, research questions, methods, literature), maximum 10 pages
- Study modes
- Full-time or part-time
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
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, intakes, audition requirement, 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)