Overview

The Music Department at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill offers two graduate degrees, the Master of Arts (M.A.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Musicology.

An internationally recognized faculty.

Our collective and individual expertise ranges from plainchant to hip hop, and from the West Coast to South Africa, with various points—European, Middle Eastern, and Latin American—beyond and in between.

Programme Structure

Research

The Music Library houses one of the leading academic music collections in the nation, with holdings of more than 180,000 books and scores, 70,000 audio and video recordings, and 10,000 rare items, including 4,600 Italian opera librettos from 1600 through the 19th century.

The library also provides access to major music research databases and thousands of streaming audio and video recordings, and over 12,000 microfilms (housed in Davis Library).

The Southern Historical Collection, the Southern Folklife Collection, and the North Carolina Collection also include numerous music-related materials. Cooperative agreements with the nearby libraries of Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and North Carolina State University through TRLN provide yet another level of access to research resources.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 96 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-16 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Chapel Hill, United States

Disciplines

Musicology View 42 other PhDs in Musicology in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Letters of recommendation should be from faculty members who know you and your work and who are in a position to judge your potential in the field of musicology (broadly defined to include historical musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology)

Submit your Statement of Purpose (to include the particular nature of your interest in graduate study in music, your reasons for applying specifically to the graduate program at UNC-Chapel Hill, and your long-term goals in the field).

Submit a portfolio of your written work, which should consist of two samples of scholarly writing.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

29422 USD / year

≈ 29422 USD / year
Out-of-State

29422 USD / year

≈ 29422 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

10764 USD / year

≈ 10764 USD / year

Living costs

Chapel Hill

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

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Overview

An internationally recognized faculty.

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Chapel Hill

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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