The doctoral program in Music Technology prepares students for careers in university teaching, industry research and development, as well as in multimedia, audio computation, and other research fields at the constantly changing intersection of music and technology. Students will benefit from the current course offerings, faculty, facilities, and resources of NYU's Steinhardt School and Courant Institute. These resources provide rich research opportunities in exciting areas such as music information retrieval, digital signal processing, interactive music systems, and 3D audio. The program also offers personal mentoring and advisement from doctoral faculty in the Music Technology program, as well as from the larger Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, the Steinhardt School, and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

Doctoral students in Music Technology will be required to complete a minimum total of 48 points, beyond the Master's level. Doctoral coursework involves research in the fields of computer science, music theory, music cognition, machine learning, mathematics, and artificial intelligence as related to problems in the recording, performance, analysis, perception, and composition of music. Full descriptions of point requirements and course requirements are outlined in the Requirements section.

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Digital Signal Processing

Film Scoring & Multimedia

Interactive Music Systems