Performance / practice doctorate · Other practice doctorate
DMusPerf (Doctor in Music Performance)
Royal Irish Academy of Music · Royal Irish Academy of Music · Dublin, Ireland
- Official award
- Doctor in Music Performance (DMusPerf)DMusPerf
- Subject
- Music Performance
- Format
- On campus4 years
- Tuition
- €13,000per year, per annum, as shown on the course page
About this program
A four-year performance doctorate at NFQ Level 10, validated and conferred by Trinity College Dublin.
- Department
- Royal Irish Academy of Music
- Awarding body
- Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin)
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 in Music Performance (DMusPerf)DMusPerf
- Award family
- Other practice doctorateA performance or practice doctorate with another title (for example Doctor of Music), kept separate from the research PhD.
- Qualification level
- Performance / practice 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
- Official level
- NFQ Level 10As stated in the source. A framework level does not make different national awards equivalent.
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | 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.
Stated by the schoolTrinity College DublinAssociation membershipIE
Scope: Described by the Academy as an Associate College of Trinity College, The University of Dublin
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 4 years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2
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
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based
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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course feeTuition | €13,000per year, per annum, as shown on the course page | EU/EEA students | 25 October 2026Source |
| Course fee (non-EU/EEA)Tuition | €25,740per year, per annum, as shown on the course page | non-EU/EEA | 25 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Lesson fees, accompanists, practice-room charges, instruments, software, recording, recitals, compulsory travel and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked. Do not assume an instrument, an accompanist, software or private lessons are included.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required.
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)