Further your music development with a PhD, examining music across genres from early styles to improvisation and real-time machine music. Monash Arts is internationally recognised for producing innovative, engaging and high quality research, and the PhD (Music) gives you the practical experience and opportunity to develop your expertise as a researcher and the professional tools needed to undertake music for professional purposes.

In the PhD (Music) program, you will be supported and guided by at least two expert supervisors. You will get the practical experience and opportunity to develop your expertise as a researcher and the professional tools needed to work with music professionally.

This PhD program has three components: a live performance, a written thesis, and extensive research. You will also undertake professional development designed to help you become a more effective researcher, and develop general professional skills valuable to prospective employers in academia, industry, government and the broader community.

The minimum qualifications for admission to PhD enrolment are:

• a bachelor's degree requiring at least four years of full-time study in a relevant field, and which normally includes a research component in the fourth year, leading to an  honours 1 or 2A in a relevant field;
• a course leading to a level rated by the relevant department, faculty and committee as equivalent to an honours 1 or 2A in a relevant field;
• a master's degree that entails work, normally including a significant research component, including at least 25% of one full time equivalent  year of work, including a thesis. It is normally expected that a grade of honours 2A has been obtained for the research thesis or project. Where ungraded, examiners' reports will be taken into account; or
• have qualifications which in the opinion of GRC are deemed equivalent.