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PhD Music at Columbia University

Columbia University, United States

Programme overview

The Musicology programme (MA leading to MPhil and PhD) covers historical musicology, ethnomusicology and music theory, including music history in the West, non-Western musics, popular and urban musics, jazz, analytical methods, music cognition and aesthetics.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Music  |  Intake: Fall  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Resources include the Gabe Wiener Music & Arts Library, the sound archives of the Center for Ethnomusicology and the department's graduate-edited journal Current Musicology.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants submit one transcript per school attended, a statement of academic purpose, a personal statement and a CV. Three letters of recommendation (at least two academic). Work sample for the PhD: two writing samples of up to 5,000 words each, or a single longer work of up to 10,000 words. GRE General and Subject are not required. International applicants whose undergraduate degree is from an institution in a country whose official language is not English submit TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test scores. Fall 2027 entry application deadline: December 10, 2026.

Intake: Fall

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