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music PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 31 music PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Innovating Music Rights: Intellectual Property, Metadata and the Future of the Music Industry

University of Liverpool
School of Law and Social Justice
This fully funded PhD studentship, supported by the AHRC MusicFutures Creative Cluster at the University of Liverpool, invites innovative research on music rights data, intellectual property and the digital music ecosystem. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Jacques, Dr G Jenkins
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Research opportunities in Music

University of York
Department of Music
Music at York is internationally recognised for creative, practical and scholarly approaches to music, and allows you the time and space to develop your own distinctive approach to the discipline. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Arts Research Programme
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Music PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong University)

King’s College London
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
For 2025/26 entry, we will be welcoming applications for PhDs in all supervisory areas. The department has an international reputation for music research in history, theory, anthropology/ethnography, composition, and creative practice. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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Music - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

University of Birmingham
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
The Department of Music offers promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain, with supervision from world-leading academics and access to outstanding facilities. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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Painting Music – using Explainable AI for music composition

University of Aberdeen
School of Engineering
These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Starkey, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Music Information Retrieval for Irish Traditional Music

Maynooth University
Department of Computer Science
The Faculty of Science and Engineering at Maynooth University are pleased to announce that a Maynooth University Doctoral Scholarship will be available in the department of Computer Science for a suitably qualified and successful applicant intending to commence their PhD studies in February 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Faghih, Prof J Timoney
 19 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the Royal Northern College of Music, including pathways in Performance, Composition, Musicology, Music Psychology, and Music Education

Royal Northern College of Music
The RNCM offers the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Degrees are awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University for a collaborative programme of research, undertaken and supervised at RNCM. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Arts Research Programme
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Machine learning for affective manipulation in music brain computer interfaces

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
At the University of Reading, we have created one of the first music brain computer interfaces (BCI). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Nasuto
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Music Doctoral Scholarships

University of Birmingham
College of Arts and Law
Open to both Home and International students, these scholarships are of various values for students studying Music PhD. A number of Music scholarships of varying values are on offer to students on the Music PhD (specialising in Composition, Musicology or Performance). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Arts Research Programme
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Music and language processing in autism and amusia

University of Reading
School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences
Music and language are fundamental traits of human existence. They both rely on complex sound sequences to convey meaning. It has been hotly debated whether the two are processed through distinct cognitive modules or using shared mechanisms. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Liu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Robots Dancing to Salsa

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment
This project considers the social partnered aspects of salsa danced to salsa music, and how a pair of robots could dance to this style of music. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CG Goddard, Dr ES Sobolewska
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Trees and musical tuning

University of Aberdeen
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Turner, Prof R Levi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Research, University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow
College of Arts & Humanities
Scholarship and funding opportunities. Scholarships and funding opportunities are available for postgraduate research degrees and PhD study in Arts and Humanities at the University of Glasgow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Arts Research Programme
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Mapping ceramides in atherosclerotic plaques to understand the role of lipids in cardiovascular disease

University of Aberdeen
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
This studentship aims to uncover the mechanistic basis of why fats, and in particular a subset of fats called ceramides, are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) by studying the lipid composition of atherosclerotic plaques - the deposits of fat, cholesterol and dead cells that accumulate in arteries and lead to CVD and heart attacks. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J.L Griffin, Dr M J Macleod
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modern Languages - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

University of Birmingham
The Department of Modern Languages is home to internationally renowned researchers in a range of European and world languages and cultures. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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