Research Degrees

We have research strengths in 19th- and 20th-century British music, aesthetics, the Classical period, the French Baroque, historiography, music theory and analysis, performance practice in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, performance studies, the philosophy of music, plain chant, the psychology of music, timbre, film, the Second Viennese School and semiotics.

Research students are initially registered for MPhil, then transferred to PhD after satisfactory progress. First-year research students participate in the MMus modules Musicological Contexts and Research Methods as part of their training.

Admissions

We consider students for research degrees in any area in which we can provide adequate staff supervision and library or other relevant resources. You are welcome to contact the Music Admissions Tutor, Dr Alexander Binns (a.binns@hull.ac.uk) in advance of the application to check the suitability of your chosen subject area.