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Music MPhil, PhD

Newcastle University

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Newcastle University

Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Newcastle, Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Our MPhil and PhD in Music programmes enable you to pursue advanced research in the areas of classical, popular, world, contemporary, early, folk and traditional music through a range of approaches.Practice-based research focuses on composition, performance, improvisation and other forms of multi-media work.Areas of musicological and theoretical inquiry can include the following approaches: cultural and critical, historiographicethnomusicological, music analytical, philosophical and aesthetic

Tuition fees

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£ 23,700per year

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University information

Newcastle University

Newcastle University

  • University League Table

    31st

  • Campus address

    Newcastle, Main Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, England, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

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Newcastle is known for being friendly and welcoming to people from all around the globe. Students enjoy a lower cost of living compared to other UK cities.
Degree programmes are shaped by strong links with national and international businesses, with opportunities for professional accreditation and placements.
Dedicated teams support students during application, before arrival, and as they settle into life in the UK.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Music

    29th out of 80 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    154 69%

    23rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    50th

    12

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.96 74%

    66th

    25

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