The completion of the PhD in Musicology implies the acquisition, by students, of the following goals and skills:

• capacity for systematic understanding and knowledge of the advances in the specific fields of Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology or the Psychology and Pedagogy of Music;
• understanding of the relevant research methodologies and techniques in the area of Musicology as well as their appropriate application in the above-mentioned scientific fields;
• ability to conceive and plan a relevant research in the area of Musicology, by establishing the goals of that research and its intermediate stages, respecting the requirements imposed by the standards of academic quality and integrity;
• demonstrated creativity, innovation and originality in the approach to research;
• the ability to analyse and critically evaluate their own and others' research results;
• the ability to establish scientific relations with the rest of the national and international academic community, acquiring a comprehensive view of the context in which research in the fields of Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Psychology and Pedagogy of Music takes place;
• the ability to conduct original research work that contributes to expanding the frontiers of knowledge in the area of Musicology and that merits, in part or in whole, national or international dissemination in peer-reviewed journals.