Research doctorate · PhD
The PhD Programme in Music Research
Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) · Norwegian Academy of Music · Oslo, Norway
- Official award
- PhDPhD
- Subject
- General Music Studies
- Format
- On campusthree years full-time or four years part-time at 75% progression
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Three-year full-time (or four-year part-time) doctoral programme in music research of 180 ECTS; the page says candidates may have NMH research fellowship or external funding.
- Department
- Norwegian Academy 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
- 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
- Research orientation
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| 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
- three years full-time or four years part-time at 75% progression
- Credits
- 180 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- NMH, OsloSlemdalsveien 11, 0369 Oslo
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English, Norwegian
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Page: tuition in Norwegian (or Swedish/Danish) and English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- a relevant Master's degree with a good result
Research degree details
- Practice-based research
- Written thesis
- Previous qualifications
- a relevant Master's degree with a good result
- Study modes
- three years full-time or four years part-time at 75% progression
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, 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)