Music research degrees
Join our hub of music research and creativity and become part of the next generation of musicians and thinkers.
Music research at Newcastle
Our Music research degrees give you the opportunity to work on a research project tailored to you.
You'll be supported by experts across a wide range of fields, including performance, composition, musicology, and music education.
This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise, refine your research methods, and produce an original contribution to your chosen field within a supportive and collaborative academic community.
Our Music research degrees
Postgraduate funding and scholarships
Postgraduate scholarships, prizes, and bursaries are often available to UK, EU, and international students.
Some of these are University-wide and subject to eligibility, whereas others are subject-specific.
You can find out more about the funding and scholarships that are available to you on the University's Scholarship and Bursaries website.
Connection and impact
We have expertise in classical, popular, and folk music. Our expertise ranges from established mainstream approaches, to the more exploratory edges of musical activity. Our one-to-one instrumental and vocal teachers include the best in the region.
Music is a socially-engaged activity, ranging across:
- education
- community music
- politics
- policy
- social and environmental justice
Our expert staff will help you to see how you can make a difference in the world.
The city as your stage
Newcastle is unrivalled as a centre for DIY music activities. It hosts classical choirs, underground electronica, and folk sessions are all on our doorstep, and we have excellent connections across the city.
This immersive approach to studying music has been hugely successful, with many of our graduates going on to work in an impressive array of different occupations.
