Music DPhil

**The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2024). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.** <br/><br/>This degree, with specialisation in musicology or composition, is awarded upon successful completion of a substantial original contribution to these fields.<br/><br/>The DPhil in Music is intended to provide you with a wide range of research skills as well as in-depth knowledge, understanding and expertise in your chosen field of research.<br/><br/>You are normally expected to have a master’s degree in music or equivalent before embarking on the DPhil, or you may first undertake one of the MSt programmes in music at Oxford.<br/><br/>Areas of research represented in the faculty include:<br/><br/><br/>- historical musicological topics from the Middle Ages to the present<br/><br/><br/>- music theory and analysis<br/><br/><br/>- composition<br/><br/><br/>- ethnomusicology<br/><br/><br/>- psychology of music<br/><br/><br/>- performance studies<br/><br/><br/>- aesthetics of music<br/><br/><br/>- popular music<br/><br/><br/>- critical and empirical musicology.<br/><br/><br/>**Attendance**<br/>The course can be studied full-time or part-time with both modes requiring attendance in Oxford. Full-time students are subject to the Universitys Residence requirements. Part-time students are required to attend course-related activities in Oxford for a minimum of 30 days each year.<br/><br/>The full-time programme is studied over three to four years. The part-time programme has the same requirements, but is studied over six to eight years.<br/><br/>Part-time students are fully integrated into the research culture of the University and are expected to attend the University on a regular basis for supervision, study, skills training and participation in some of the many research seminars. If you are in employment, you must provide a letter from your employer stating you may take time off if necessary to attend the University as required for the duration of the course.<br/><br/>The faculty appreciates that part-time research students will have non-standard attendance and work patterns. Your supervisor and the Director of Graduate Studies will be available to advise you on access to research and training provision for part-time students.<br/><br/>There will be some flexibility in the dates and pattern of attendance. Attendance will normally be required each week during term-time, on dates to be determined by mutual agreement with your supervisor. You will have the opportunity to tailor your part-time study and skills training requirements in liaison with your supervisor and agree your pattern of attendance.