快猫视频

Music technology

Qualifications Duration Start dates Application period
PhD
(MPhil also available)
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
October January
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available)
Duration
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Start dates
October
Application period
January

快猫视频 invites applications for PhD study in music technology. Applicants are welcome to propose research on any aspect of music technology, contemporary or historical. Staff expertise centres especially on:

  • Musical instruments and material culture
  • Social construction of technology
  • Electronic music practice
  • Analogue electronics and instrument design
  • Digital instruments and performance practice
  • Electroacoustic music
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
  • Popular music, including dub, dance music, and DJ culture
  • Contemporary art music
  • Video game music
  • Organology, including instrument design, past and present
  • Historically informed performance practice
  • Sound recording and recording studios

Entry requirements

Most successful applicants to the PhD programme have a masters degree in music or a related discipline, with a substantial dissertation. If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your .

Potential research projects

We welcome detailed and well-thought-out proposals that set out specific research questions and outline the originality of the topic or approach. If you would like to discuss your ideas informally before applying, please get in touch with us.

Current research projects

  • Expanding Idiomatic Electric Guitar In Contemporary Music

Potential research projects

We welcome detailed and well-thought-out proposals that set out specific research questions and outline the originality of the topic or approach. If you would like to discuss your ideas informally before submitting an application, please contact us.

Potential supervisors

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Fees and funding

UK fee International fee
Full-time: 拢4,786 per year Full-time: 拢12,146 per year
Part-time: 拢2,393 per year Part-time: 拢6,073 per year

Some of our research students are funded via the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see .

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How to apply

Get in touch

If you have an enquiry specific to this research topic, please contact:

Dr Helen Barlow
Email: FASS-Music-Enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1908 653280

Apply now

Please take a look at the application process if you’re interested in applying for this research topic.