Duke University, based in Durham, North Carolina offers a fully funded PhD in Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Composition. Wide choice of courses in music history, ethnomusicology, composition, theory, analysis, and performance practice (including projects with performing artists on the departmental faculty), as well as courses in other disciplines. All admitted students to the graduate program in the Duke Department of Music receive a Fellowship, which includes full tuition and an income stipend for the five years of the program. In most cases, teaching assistantships will be substituted for all or part of the fellowship aid after the first year.