Research doctorate · PhD
Music PhD
The University of Nottingham · Department of Music, University of Nottingham · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Music PhDPhD
- Subject
- General Music StudiesComposition (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)
- Format
- On campusFull-time: up to 4 years; part-time: up to 8 years
- Tuition
- £5,530per year, as shown on the 2027 course page
About this program
A research doctorate in music supported by expert supervision, with full-time and part-time routes; the department also lists composition and performance PhDs.
- Department
- Department of Music, University of Nottingham
- 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
- Music 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 |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Music Composition PhDHow students choose it is not published“performance, composition, music technology, and musicology”Source |
| Music Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Music Performance PhDHow students choose it is not published“performance, composition, music technology, and musicology”Source |
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
- Full-time: up to 4 years; part-time: up to 8 years
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- University of Nottingham (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
- performance
- composition
- music technology
- musicology
- Study modes
- Full-time up to 4 years; part-time up to 8 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK feesTuition | £5,530per year, as shown on the 2027 course page | UK fees | 25 October 2026Source |
| International feesTuition | £25,900per year, as shown on the 2027 course page | International fees | 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: 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)