MRes Humanities (Music) in Keele United Kingdom | Keele University

This Master of Research (MRes) program allows you to customize an advanced curriculum tailored to your academic and career goals - whether that involves language acquisition, paleography studies, interdisciplinary exploration, or professional placements. The Music specialization focuses on cutting-edge musical practices across genres, with faculty comprising renowned composers, music technologists, electronic performers, and scholars specializing in classical, digital, popular, film, and global music traditions.
With exceptional flexibility and personalized mentorship, you'll shape this MRes around your research ambitions. Graduates emerge with expertise in research methodology and design, coupled with the creative, analytical, and critical thinking skills valued across industries. The program also serves as excellent preparation for doctoral studies.

You'll receive dedicated supervision from day one, working closely with an expert advisor to refine your research focus while developing essential academic and professional competencies.

The MRes Humanities (Music) pathway features instruction from internationally recognized researchers in both practice-based composition/technology and scholarly musicology. Our collective expertise spans contemporary musical practices including electroacoustic creation, sound design, gaming audio, film scoring, cultural studies, performance theory, and related interdisciplinary fields.

The program cultivates transferable skills in research, critical analysis, and communication to advance your professional opportunities or prepare for higher academic pursuits.

Through the customizable Individual Research Orientation module, you'll design a personalized study plan that might include foreign language acquisition, cross-disciplinary subjects like data analysis, or specialized training in archival manuscript interpretation.

You can also pursue professional placements either through institutional connections or personal networks, with past students contributing to exhibitions, archival projects, educational material development, and historical research initiatives.

The School of Humanities boasts world-class research spanning literature, creative writing, film, history, media studies, and music technology - enabling both specialized pathways and rich interdisciplinary possibilities.

This extensive faculty expertise not only supports five distinct specializations but also creates exceptional opportunities for cross-disciplinary research, making this program ideal for students seeking guided independence in pursuing their unique academic interests at the postgraduate level.