Research doctorate · PhD
docARTES
Royal Conservatoire The Hague · Royal Conservatoire The Hague · The Hague, Netherlands
- Official award
- PhDPhD
- Subject
- Music Performance (concentration)
- Format
- On campusdocARTES starts with a doctoral curriculum (4 years).
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Practice-based doctoral programme in music for musician-researchers; the public defence takes place at Leiden University via ACPA.
- Department
- Royal Conservatoire The Hague
- Awarding body
- Leiden University
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | practice-based research in musicHow students choose it is not published“practice-based research in music, designed for musicians-researchers”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
- docARTES starts with a doctoral curriculum (4 years).
- Dissertation, thesis or artistic research
- The public defence takes place at Leiden University via ACPA.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Royal Conservatoire The Hague
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- Taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Programme is based at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, Belgium, according to the page.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition requirement not published
- Audition details
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Research degree details
- Department
- Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (Leiden University) with the Royal Conservatoire
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based
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, 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)