PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Music in United Kingdom

Henri Frankfort Fellowship at the Warburg Institute, part of the University of London, supports a two-month research visit in London for postdoctoral scholars working on the Ancient Near East. The fellowship is designed for research in the history of ideas, cultural history, and art history, and is connected to the Warburg Institute’s broader strengths in the history of ideas, visual history, and cultural history. The award honours Henri Frankfort, who directed the Institute from 1949 to 1954, a...

The William S. Phillips Fund award supports postgraduate study in art and design at the University of Dundee’s College of Art and Design, part of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. This scholarship is intended for students entering a one-year Master’s programme and covers the full duration of that year. The award is rooted in a foundation established from the estate of William Sangster Phillips, a Dundee-born benefactor, and is designed to help talented home students pursue advance...

Pigott Scholarships at the University of Cambridge support doctoral study in the humanities and social sciences. This award is intended for students pursuing a research-based PhD at Cambridge, with two scholarships available each year. The scholarship sits within the University of Cambridge’s named scholarship offering and was established in 2008 following a £2 million donation from the Pigott family. It is aimed at high-achieving students whose research and academic interests fall within the ar...

[For eligible students, the studentship will cover home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend.] This PhD studentship investigates how leopard seal migration can act as an early-warning signal of change in Antarctic ecosystems. The project centres on the links between sea-ice variability, seal migration timing, predator occurrence, and broader ecosystem responses in the Southern Ocean. The student will work with decades of individual-based leopard seal data from the British Antarctic Surve...

Sheffield Hallam University’s Creative Industries Institute is offering three Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Awards for PhD study beginning in October 2027. The opportunity supports doctoral research across the arts and humanities, with the Creative Industries Institute providing the academic setting. Potential research directions may connect with creative industries, culture, media, history, literature, film, theatre, music and related humanities disciplines, sub...

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate currently £21,805 per year plus £1,000 per annum enhancement, and a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] This PhD studentship at The University of Manchester develops a new class of additively manufactured metallic acoustic metamaterials for shaping and amplifying sounds that matter for human communication. The project is designed around a human-informed inverse-design framework , where information about ear-can...

This PhD scholarship project, “Playful acoustics: The impact of space on expression, skill and enjoyment of music learners,” investigates how the acoustic and spatial characteristics of learning environments shape musical development. Based within the Sound Futures doctoral network , the research connects the psychology of music with acoustics, music education and sustainable sound. The doctoral researcher will explore how different spaces influence learners’ musical expression, the development ...

Architectural History and Heritage MA (Hons) is a four-year, full-time undergraduate degree at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Based at the Lauriston campus, the programme explores how people have imagined, designed and used buildings and places, and how historic environments can be understood in relation to wider social, political and urban history. The curriculum combines architectural history, fine art, heritage management, urbanism and the cultural history of cities. T...

Birkbeck, University of London is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Birkbeck Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development (CBCD). The project investigates spontaneous movement to music in toddlers under two years of age, asking what may cause these early movement responses. The research combines behavioural testing with electroencephalography (EEG) methods. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to work on early cognitive, perceptual and social development, examining how young ...