Doctoral education
The doctoral programmes at Malmö Academy of Music are characterised by interdisciplinarity and collaboration across disciplines. We offer programmes in the following subjects - Music Education and Artistic Research in Music, both of which are closely linked to the strong research environments of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts and Lund University.

A doctorate is the most advanced academic degree you can earn, symbolising that you have mastered a specific area of study, or field of profession. A Swedish doctorate consists of 240 ECTS credits and requires four years of full-time studies. The programme concludes with a doctoral thesis of at least 120 credits.
You can also obtain a licentiate degree which consists of 120 ECTS credits and a licentiate thesis of at least 60 credits. It is equivalent to the MPhil of the British education system.
There are no tuition fees for doctoral education at Malmö Academy of Music and, after completing your studies, you will be well prepared for a successful career as an independent researcher.
Applications for our doctoral programmes are made directly to the subject you are interested in pursuing doctoral studies in – Music Education or Artistic Research in Music. The procedure differ between the two subjects.
In the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts' Doctoral student Handbook, you will find more information about the application and admission.
The Faculty of Fine and Performing Art's Doctoral student handbook
Admission requirements
The admission requirements also differ depending on the subject you are interested in pursuing doctoral studies in – Music Education or Artistic Research in Music.
Read more about the admission requirements in each subject's general syllabus (LU Box)
All doctoral positions are advertised via Lund University's job portal.
Full-time funding is required before an applicant can be admitted to our doctoral programmes. At the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, most admitted doctoral students have a doctoral studentship.
Ongoing doctoral research projects
Music education
- Learning an instrument or learning social skills – what is the primary goal of instrumental tuition in Swedish schools of arts and music?, Ida Knutsson
- Bedömning och betygssättning – komplexa aspekter av musikläraryrket, Johanna Antonsson
- Time to act: Developing music education in a social sustainability context, Lina Van Dooren
- Körsången i musikundervisning, Lena Ekman Frisk
- Project-based learning in Kulturskolan - a practice-orientated study, Hannes Wikström
- Folk Music Pedagogy in Kulturskolan, Sven Midgren
Artistic research in music
- A voice beyond the edge, Felicita Brusoni
- Extended and diversified composable places, Fernando Garnero
- Plastic Extension of Music, Bertrand Chavarria Aldrete
- Redefining Contemporary Guitar Performance Practice through Spherical Amplification via S.T.OOGE, Francesco Palmieri
- How to Make the World Unpredictable, Yann Coopier
Dissertations by our doctoral students
Contact
Anna Houmann
Professor - Pedagogy focusing on educational science
anna [dot] houmann [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (anna[dot]houmann[at]mhm[dot]lu[dot]se)
Michael Edgerton
Professor - Artistic Research in Music
michael [dot] edgerton [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (michael[dot]edgerton[at]mhm[dot]lu[dot]se)