Research doctorate · PhD
PhD, MMus, MPhil Music
University of Bristol · Department of Music, University of Bristol · Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- PhDPhD
- Subject
- Composition (concentration)Musicology and Music History (concentration)
- Format
- On campusPhD: up to four years full-time; up to eight years part-time
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research degrees in composition and musicology; the MPhil is a one-year research degree and the MMus runs up to three years full-time.
- Department
- Department of Music, University of Bristol
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | CompositionHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music is a centre of research excellence in both composition and musicology.”Source |
| Musicology and Music History | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | MusicologyHow students choose it is not published“The Department of Music is a centre of research excellence in both composition and musicology.”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
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- PhD: up to four years full-time; up to eight years part-time
- Intakes
- September 2027, January 2028
- Campus
- University of Bristol (Department of 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
- Department of Music
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based and written components
- Research themes
- composition
- musicology
- Study modes
- PhD: up to four years full-time; up to eight years part-time
- Deadlines
- September 2027 start: 17 July 2027 for all applicants. January 2028 start: 13 November 2027 for all applicants.
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, 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)