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PhD/MPhil - Arts and Performance
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

UK

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About this course

What will I learn?

The overriding aim of undertaking PhD and MPhil study is to make an original contribution to knowledge. The programmes do not follow a prescribed course of study but benefit from close supervision and a range of research training that is designed to support the project being undertaken, and provide wider opportunities for professional development as a researcher.

Our vibrant multidisciplinary environment includes performance and new work in dance, drama and music, performing arts education and policy, Scottish music, historically-informed performance, musicology, and a range of other specialist areas.

Following a historic agreement between RCS and the University of St Andrews, we offer research degrees leading to the awards of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil). These programmes are validated and awarded by the University of St Andrews.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers opportunities for suitably qualified students to work towards the achievement of research degrees in appropriate areas of enquiry. Applications will only be successful if it is clear that the proposed research can best be undertaken within a Conservatoire context, in which performance and/or creation is held central.

The specific areas for research degrees are:

  • the processes and methodologies of developing new performance work (music/drama/music theatre), including collaborative and devised performance
  • performance
  • musical composition, in all genres, for live, electro-acoustic and mixed media
  • Scottish music
  • methodologies of specialist performance training, including the use of IT
  • socio-cultural studies of performance
  • performance education and pedagogy

Which department am I in?

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Study options

Full Time (3 years)

Tuition fees
拢21,787.00 (US$ 28,136) per year
This is a fixed fee
Application deadline

29 January 2025

Start date

September 2025

Venue

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

100 Renfrew Street,

Glasgow,

Glasgow, City Of,

G2 3DB, SCOTLAND, Scotland

Entry requirements

For international students

Admission to doctoral level programmes is normally on the basis of a first degree at 2(i) level or higher (or the overseas equivalent) in the relevant subject or a relevant postgraduate qualification. However, where a prospective student lacks a suitable first degree, alternative mechanisms for assessing qualifications and preparedness, reflecting professional or other work experience, may be used. Increasingly the UK research councils in several disciplines require that funded students on doctoral programmes have first completed an approved masters programme that prepares the student for doctoral work. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is committed to the principles of the Accreditation of Prior Learning, including experiential learning, and will bring those to bear on the admissions process for its doctoral students. Applicants for whom English is a second language must demonstrate an IELTS score of 7.0. TOEFL iBT: Overall score of 95, with minimum component scores of Reading -18, Listening -17, Speaking -20, Writing -17.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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