PhD Opportunities in Music in Austria

Applications are now open for the 2026-27 Creative Engagement Fellowship at UCL East . This opportunity is designed for UCL PhD students whose research is linked to the AHRC or ESRC and who want to explore new ways of connecting scholarship with communities through creative practice and public engagement. The fellowship is a paid five-month programme supporting eight PhD students to work alongside artists and east London communities, co-produce events with researchers, students, and local commun...

PhD opportunity in German Studies at the University of Edinburgh This postgraduate research programme invites applications for a PhD in German within the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures , College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The programme supports research across German literature , cultural studies , literary theory , film studies , translation studies , comparative literature , gender studies , postcolonial studies , and related interdisciplinary areas. Research theme...

Shenzhen University is inviting applications for its Doctoral Program for International Students for the March 2027 intake . The brochure covers full-time PhD study at Shenzhen University, with a duration of 3 to 4 years (maximum 5 years). Applicants should be non-Chinese citizens with valid foreign passports, in good physical and mental health, and in compliance with Chinese laws and university regulations. A master’s degree or above is required, and applicants should be under 40 . Language req...

PhD opportunity at Utrecht University in Art-Science-Action Integration & Challenge-Based Sustainability Education . This PhD position is hosted by the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development in the Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University . The project explores how higher education can better prepare students to contribute meaningfully to complex sustainability challenges by combining academic knowledge, actionable skills, and artistic expression. The research sits at the intersecti...

University of Edinburgh is advertising a Chinese PhD in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. This is a postgraduate research programme in Chinese studies / East Asian studies with strengths in classical and modern Chinese literature , modern Chinese politics and society , modern Chinese family and religion , media , performing arts and film , and ancient Chinese philosophy and religion . The programme supports interdiscipl...

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is advertising a PhD position in acoustic signal processing within its HRS4R framework. The project focuses on machine learning for acoustics, signal processing, and sound field reconstruction , making it a strong fit for candidates interested in audio technologies, array processing, and data-driven methods for acoustical analysis. The position is described as a predoctoral researcher role. The successful applicant will contribute to research in acoustic signal ...

The University of Coimbra is opening an international tender for 2 PhD Researcher positions equivalent to the category of Assistant Researcher in Music Studies , with a specific focus on Music Theory and Analysis , hosted at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century (CEIS20) within the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research. The project, MusicAnalytica – Interdisciplining Music Studies through the Reconfiguration of Theoretical and Analytical Knowledge , is funded by the Eur...

The University of Stavanger is offering a three-year full-time PhD Fellow position in Documentary Production and Ethics within Artistic Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Media and Social Sciences. The position is based in Stavanger, Norway, and is scheduled to start on 1 January 2027. This is an educational PhD position designed for promising documentary practitioners who work in film or audio and want to develop their artistic practice through doctoral-level research. Th...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Birmingham on Exercise, Cognition and Appetite in the Ageing Brain . The project asks how appetite regulation, food-related decision-making, episodic memory, and the hippocampus may be linked in older adults, and whether exercise can help. The successful candidate will join a large UKRI-funded study running a year-long exercise intervention with older adults. Research activities include MRI, fitness testing, cognitive assessment, a test-meal para...