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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

The PhD in Creative Music Practice is an opportunity for you to pursue practice-led research in the field of music at the highest level.This will involve research that combines textual and musical outputs, for example:compositionperformance (either of original or pre-existing repertoire)installationsound designinteractive music softwareTypical applicants to this programme include:composer-theorists who wish to carry out research into and practice of particular compositional models performers who wish to deepen their practice through musicological researchcomputer-music composers who wish to develop documented hardware/software systems for their musicperformers with a need to study the techniques and organology of period instrumentsinstrument builders/researchers seeking historical techniques found in evidence from the original instruments

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£ 26,300per year

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University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    18th

  • Campus address

    University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH8 9YL, Scotland

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    19th out of 80 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    218 98%

    2nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    67.0 67%

    43rd

    7
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.03 76%

    58th

    7

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