Field of Music

The doctoral field of Music has been active since the 2015–2016 academic year, operating in accordance with Law no. 1/2011 on National Education, the Doctoral Studies Code approved by Government Decision no. 681/2011 (with subsequent amendments), and Order no. 5684/2015 issued by the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research, approving the Music doctoral field within the doctoral school organized by the West University of Timișoara.

The program allows PhD students to choose between a scientific doctorate or a professional doctorate, depending on their background in the fundamental field of Humanities and Arts, in either scientific research or artistic creation.

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Doctoral supervisors
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Doctoral supervisors

  • Prof. univ. dr. habil. Manyov Marius* (CV)
  • Prof. univ. dr. habil. Mihăilescu Manuela* (CV)
  • Prof. univ. dr. habil. RoÅŸca Lucian Emil* (CV)
  • Conf. univ. dr. habil. Mălăncioiu Gabriel* (CV)
  • Conf. univ. dr. habil. AndriÈ™ Ladislau Cristian* (CV)
  • Conf. univ. dr. habil. Rogoz Matei* (CV)
  • Conf. univ. dr. habil. Popean Mihai* (CV)
  • Prof. univ. dr. habil. Vosganian Eugenia Rodica Mihaela** (CV)
  • Prof. univ. dr. habil. Ciocănea-Teodorescu Livia** (CV)
  • Prof. univ. dr. habil. Alexandru Petrovici** (CV)

 

* West University of Timisoara

** National University of Music Bucharest

Thematic areas of interest (2025)

Assoc. Prof. Ladislau Cristian AndriÈ™, PhD, Habil.

  • Performance stylistics
  • Comparative musical studies and analyses

 

Prof. Livia Ciocănea-Teodorescu, PhD

  • Classical composition
  • Style and compositional language
  • Musical forms and analysis
  • Stylistics and poetics of modern and contemporary music
  • Imagery and pianistic realization
  • Instrument theory and the art of orchestration
  • Contemporary music
  • 20th–21st century styles and languages
  • Semantic capabilities of music

 

Prof. Marius Manyov, PhD, Habil.

  • Vocal technique applied to operatic repertoire
  • Legato: a challenge for naturalness – mechanisms
  • Stylistic interpretation in vocal-symphonic music
  • Lied: the demands of vocal miniatures
  • Economic singing technique and vocal performance
  • Causes of vocal pathology and professional failure – remedies

 

Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Mălăncioiu, PhD, Habil.

  • Contemporary music in composition, musicology, and performance
  • Analytical research across stylistic musical organization
  • Musical composition
  • Comparative analysis and interdisciplinarity

 

Prof. Manuela Mihăilescu, PhD, Habil.

  • Musical stylistics
  • Musical aesthetics
  • Musical interpretation
  • Comparative studies and analysis

 

Assoc. Prof. Mihai Popean, PhD, Habil.

  • Contemporary music
  • Musical composition
  • Music cognition
  • Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts
  • Music technology and informatics

 

Assoc. Prof. Matei Rogoz, PhD, Habil.

  • Piano sonata
  • Musical stylistics
  • Performance

 

Prof. Lucian Emil Roșca, PhD, Habil.

  • Ethnomusicology and Folk Music:
    • Field research and documentation
    • Folk stylistics and comparative analysis
    • Transcription and notation of traditional folk music
    • Restoration and re-publication of archival volumes
    • Monographs
    • Musical cultures of historical communities in Romania and the Balkans
  • Musicology:
    • Comparative analysis
    • Musical stylistics
    • Music historiography and archaeology
    • Modal harmony
    • Music pedagogy
    • Aesthetics
    • Choral and instrumental arrangements
    • Musical portraits
  • Ecclesiastical Music and Religious Hymnology (Byzantine, Gregorian, Gospel):
    • Restoration and re-publication of archival manuscripts
    • Monographs
    • Recent creations and repertoires
  • Multiculturalism and Interdisciplinarity:
    • European cultural music anthropology

 

Prof. Eugenia Rodica-Mihaela Vosganian, PhD

  • Polyphony
  • Musical composition

 

Prof. Alexandru Petrovici, PhD

  • Determinism and continuity between technical-analytical approach and interpretative realization in opera, lied, and vocal-symphonic genres
  • The collaborative pianist – premises, constraints, and professional requirements in the contemporary context
  • Vocal category dynamics – technical tools, implications, benefits, and risks
  • Conducting and musical interpretation – between subjective vision and objective reasoning

Useful information

Proposed topics for admission (2025)

For the complete list of topics, please refer to the table (link).

The funding status of each topic (scholarship-based budget, budget without scholarship, or tuition fee) is determined based on the admission competition, in accordance with the UVT methodology.

Admission

Scientific Doctorate

The admission competition for the scientific doctorate consists of the following stages:

  1. Oral examination / interview / presentation (~35 mins.)
    1. Research project defense (~20 mins.)

      The candidate will present their research project, including arguments for the chosen topic and bibliography, with a special focus on the original contribution the proposed theme brings to the selected research area. The defense will assess the candidate’s knowledge of existing studies in the field, especially current and relevant research at national and international level, within the context of the proposed doctoral research.

    2. Interview (~15 mins.)

      Q&A session by the committee to test the candidate’s advanced knowledge in music theory, musical forms, harmony, counterpoint, music history, aesthetics, performance stylistics, etc.

  2. Practical examination – Written test (60 minutes)

    After the application period ends, candidates will receive the topics for the written exam. These will be published on the doctoral studies webpage of the Faculty of Music and Theatre (link). The written test will evaluate the candidate’s knowledge in the selected doctoral field and their ability to synthesize relevant information.

Professional Doctorate

The admission competition for the scientific doctorate consists of the following stages:

  1. Oral examination / interview / presentation (~35 mins.)
    1. Research project defense (~20 mins.)

      The candidate will present their research project, including arguments for the chosen topic and bibliography, with a special focus on the original contribution the proposed theme brings to the selected research area. The defense will assess the candidate’s knowledge of existing studies in the field, especially current and relevant research at national and international level, within the context of the proposed doctoral research.

    2. Interview (~15 mins.)

      Q&A session by the committee to test the candidate’s advanced knowledge in music theory, musical forms, harmony, counterpoint, music history, aesthetics, performance stylistics, etc.

  2. Practical examination – Recital (30 minutes)
    The recital must include a repertoire directly related to the proposed research topic. After the application period ends, the evaluation criteria for the practical test will be published on the doctoral studies webpage of the Faculty of Music and Theatre (link). This test assesses the artistic abilities and interpretive skills of the candidate within their chosen doctoral field.

Prospective students may schedule their interview via the dedicated form (link).

For more details regarding the application file, admission calendar, and the organization of the admission process at the Doctoral School of Music and Theatre, please consult the DSMT Admission Regulations and the UVT Doctoral Admission Methodology.

Resources

Curriculum

  • Doctoral students admitted in the first year in 2024 (link)
  • Doctoral students admitted in the first year in 2025 (link)

Courses

Musical Forms and Analysis
Coordinates of Musical Performance
Ethics and Academic Integrity
Scientific Research and Academic Writing

Completion of studies

For more details about the IOSUD-West University of Timișoara study completion procedure, please visit the Doctoral Studies > Completion of doctoral studies page (link).

For field-specific details, please consult the following: 

  • Order of the Ministry of Education and Research no. 3018/2025, dated January 13, 2025, on the approval of the minimum mandatory national standards required for awarding doctoral degrees, published in the Official Gazette no. 78 of January 29, 2025
    (applicable to doctoral students admitted from 2025 onward) (link)
  • Order of the Ministry of National Education no. 5110/2018, dated September 17, 2018, regarding the approval of the minimum national standards for awarding doctoral degrees, published in the Official Gazette no. 817 of September 24, 2018 (link)
    (applicable to doctoral students admitted before 2025) (link)
  • The National Guide for Writing Doctoral Theses related to the Field of Study (forthcoming publication)
  • Sections concerning the graduation procedure in the Regulations of the Doctoral School to which you are affiliated

Contact

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