Third-cycle Studies

Third-cycle studies in Musical Performance at the School of Music in Piteå, Luleå University of Technology leads to a Doctor of Philosophy degree. The programme assumes that the doctoral student has a deep grounding in a professional practice, and that this practice forms an integral part of the research project's method and results.

The doctoral program provides, through courses and seminars, insight into interdisciplinary research methods and how these can contribute to development and innovation in artistic practices, but also how the researcher can contribute to critical analysis and understanding of the art worlds of music, its institutions and artistic directions.

Doctoral seminars are given mainly at the School of Music, but also, in collaboration with the Stockholm School of Music, in a series of laboratories under the title Interface Research Lab (IRL). These are organised three times per academic year, alternating between Stockholm and Piteå.