<div dir="ltr"><h3>PhD places for September 2014 intake now released</h3><p>We have now released fully funded PhD places for September 2014 start – the application deadline is 31st January 2014.</p><p>4
year fully funded places are available for all UK/EU and international
candidates to apply for – stipend is £15,726 per annum tax free and all
fees for the programme are also included, we do consider self funding
also.</p><p>Find out <a href="http://www.qmul.ac.uk/qmul/courses/courses.php?course_id=695&dept_id=4&pgcourses=1&course_level=1">how to apply</a></p><p>You
are required to hold a 1st at degree or distinction at masters level in
a related field OR, in exceptional circumstances, a very high standard
of work/practice experience may be a substitute.</p><p>You need to provide:</p><ul><li>statement of interest – 2 side maximum on why you want to do our PhD</li><li>CV</li><li>Research
Proposal – 10 sides maximum on your research interests, this gives us
an idea on what you would ideally research and what you know about the
research done in that area, but on our programme your actual topic does
not get fixed until a year into the PhD.</li><li>2 x academic references (just 1 and 1 x work related reference it was a long time since your studies)</li></ul><p>All of these documents must be uploaded to the online application system.</p>
<p>Ours
is partly a taught program so it doesn't suit everyone, you spend the
whole of the first year in fact on internship and doing taught modules -
let us know if you have specific questions via:</p><p><a href="mailto:mat-enquiries@eecs.qmul.ac.uk">mat-enquiries@eecs.qmul.ac.uk</a></p><p><a href="http://qmat.net/" target="_blank">the students research blog</a></p><p>
<a href="http://www.mat.qmul.ac.uk/projects/placement-projects/index.html">internship projects</a></p><p>The
PhD has 6 taught modules in 1st 2 semesters yr 1, then 6 month
internship (with companies such as BBC, BT, Last.fm, United Visual
Artists, Inition for example).</p><p>The taught modules are research
methods, comtemporary studio production (audio piece on logic,
Interactive digital multimedia techniques (Max MSP and Arduino and
raspberry Pi), Digital Arts documentary (video piece made in a group
edited on final cut) plus 2 chosen modules from a long list such as Java
programming, C++, design for Human interaction.</p><p>Some links from these modules:</p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/matdocumentaries" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/channels/matdocumentaries</a></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/matprojects" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/channels/matprojects</a></p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/71736332" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/71736332</a></p><p>YR
2 and 3 has 2 or 3 more taught option modules such as Art Performance
and the City with our Geography Department, Performance Research with
our drama department as well as those form our own school such as
digital audio effects, music Analysis and Synthesis, multimedia systems,
digital broadcasting, etc.</p><p>In year two your research proper
starts, you wouldn't really be expected to finalise your PhD topic,
(therefore have an associated supervisor) until around December 2015 if
you join sept 2014.</p><p><a href="http://www.mat.qmul.ac.uk/news/index.html">http://www.mat.qmul.ac.uk/news/index.html</a><br></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>carlos palombini<br>professor de musicologia ufmg<br><a href="http://proibidao.org" target="_blank">proibidao.org</a><br>
</div><a href="http://ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini" target="_blank">ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini</a><br><a href="http://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YLmXN7AAAAAJ" target="_blank"><span style="display:block">scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YLmXN7AAAAA</span></a><br>
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