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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    University of Surrey, Guildford

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    APR

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

Why choose this programme

The Department of Music and Media is a respected authority in musical research and sound technology. Thanks to our renowned expertise in musicology, performance, and composition, and the prestige of the?Institute of Sound Recording, we can count many household names in entertainment, audio technology and the recording industry among our partners, collaborators, and alumni.

Research in music brings together a broad range of interconnected subject areas, focussed in our internationally acclaimed research centres housed in state-of-the-art facilities:

Digital World Research Centre
Institute of Austrian and German Music Research
Institute of Sound Recording
International Guitar Research Centre.

The Department is highly collegiate, with a close-knit and supportive academic environment. Academic members of staff are well known internationally for their exceptionally strong research profiles.

We belong to TECHNE, an?Arts and Humanities Research Council?(AHRC)-funded doctoral training partnership, which provides access to comprehensive academic and professional training programmes, as well as the possibility of funding for your studies.

What you will study

Our research degrees prepare you for success at each stage of your PhD project development. The structure of our Music PhD is designed to provide intensive graduate preparation for a future career and is suitable for either part-time or full-time candidates.

As a postgraduate researcher within our Department, you will conduct a research project within one of our areas of research strengths. Completion of the programme entails submission of a thesis, the submission of practice if undertaking a practice-based PhD, and an oral viva with external examiners.

PhD students on all programmes in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences can expect three levels of research training: university-level, department-level and subject-specific.

University-level training is provided by the Postgraduate Skills Development Programme and the University Library including a PhD induction, workshops on writing skills and preparation for the confirmation and viva. There is also an annual student-led University postgraduate conference.

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

拢 23,400per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

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University of Surrey

  • University League Table

    12th

  • Campus address

    University of Surrey, Guildford, 30 Priestley Rd, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

Surrey hosts around 140 nationalities. Its renowned international student support team advises on everything, including visas and choosing the right course.
At Surrey, expect a personalised Welcome timetable. This includes international orientation sessions, an induction registration talk and campus tours.
Surrey Research Park's 200+ companies are responsible for 10% of the local economy.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    5th out of 80 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    167 78%

    17th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    13th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.52 88%

    1st

    9

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