The Reid School of Music offers an exciting research environment that combines the theory, history, composition and practice of music with the scientific study of sound. University of Edinburgh engages with a broad range of genres and traditions, including classical and popular music, Western and non-Western music, professional and amateur music making and music for screen.

Their research is highly interdisciplinary, with centers and groups spanning other Colleges and Departments within the University of Edinburgh, from Physics and Neuroscience to Informatics, the Humanities, Divinity and the Social Sciences.

The University of Edinburgh has a large community of postgraduate students undertaking independent research in music.