• PhD in Musicology at the University of Victoria is offered as a 4-years program by the School of Music.
  • The University of Victoria also ranked 2nd in Maclean’s top Canadian Comprehensive Universities 2019.
  • The PhD program in Musicology is small and selective, offering advanced students the opportunity for intensive directed research in the areas of expertise of its faculty. It emphasizes professional training in research and scholarship.
  • Their unique program includes the only performance degree with an emphasis in a string quartet in Canada as well as an advanced degree in Music Technology.
  • Their focus is on the creative, critical, and technical skills necessary for our graduates to achieve their goals as composers, performers, theorists, and scholars.
  • Their core faculty covers Western music from the Renaissance through the twentieth century, with special emphasis on cross-domain studies involving music and other subjects (music and publishing, music and literature, music and fine art, music and philosophy, music and critical theory, etc).
  • The PhD program consists of a minimum of 51 units.