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PhD in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom, Egham

University Rank:#461

Royal Holloway, University of London offers the PhD of Music as a part-time degree delivered hybrid at its Royal Holloway and campuses in United Kingdom. Taught in English Course and completed over 6 years, the program equips students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for music and related professional fields. The next available intake begins on September 1, 2026.

About PhD in Music

Royal Holloway's Music department has an international reputation for its research. We have an excellent record of PhD completion and a thriving postgraduate community. Currently we have around 65 PhD students researching topics across the full range of Musicological and Ethnomusicological Studies and Compositional Practice. Our work on music covers a broad chronology (from early medieval to contemporary) and geography (spanning the Americas - including the Caribbean, Asia and Europe). Much of our research crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries and integrates perspectives from the fields of ethnomusicology, musicology, theory and composition, understood in the broadest terms. Staff specialism range widely, stretching back from the present to the Middle Ages, and encompassing popular and commercial musics, world musics, and music of the Western tradition.

Requirements and Admission Criteria for PhD in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London

Entry Requirements

Normally an Upper-Second Class Bachelor's degree, or a Master's degree, in a related subject.

Tuition and Fee Information for PhD in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London

For further information on course fees, please see Royal Holloway’s website by clicking on the Course contact details below. Part-time fees are approximately half of the full-time fee. All postgraduate fees are subject to inflationary increases. This means that the overall cost of studying the programme via part-time mode is slightly higher than studying it full-time in one year. Royal Holloway's policy is that any increases in fees will not exceed 5% for continuing students. For further information see tuition fees see our terms and conditions. Please note that for research programmes, we adopt the minimum fee level recommended by the UK Research Councils for the Home tuition fee. Each year, the fee level is adjusted in line with inflation (currently, the measure used is the Treasury GDP deflator). Fees displayed here are therefore subject to change and are usually confirmed in the spring of the year of entry. For more information on the Research Council Indicative Fee please see the RCUK website. For EU nationals starting a degree in 2021/22, the UK Government has recently confirmed that you will not be eligible to pay the same fees as UK students. This means you will be classified as an international student. At Royal Holloway, we wish to support those students affected by this change in status through this transition. For eligible EU students starting their course with us in September 2021, we will award an automatic fee reduction which brings your fee into line with the fee paid by UK students. This will apply for the duration of your course. These estimated costs relate to studying this particular degree programme at Royal Holloway. Costs, such as accommodation, food, books and other learning materials and printing, have not been included.

PhD in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom, Egham