Music Technology BSc (Hons)


School of Creative Arts


Institution Code H36

UCAS Code

W352
BSc/MT


Programme Code CCMUS

Start date

No start dates available.

Contact us

01707 284800

About the course

  • Learn how digital technology has transformed the music industry in recent years, and how you can benefit from these fundamental changes
  • Develop your programming, mixing and production skills using state of the art software including Logic, Pro Tools, Reason and MAX/MSP
  • Benefit from our high quality studio resources: SSL and Yamaha mixing desks, and hardware by top names such as Neumann, TLA, Lexicon and Drawmer
  • Study the electronic principles underlying hardware devices, and the programming techniques for software development
  • Investigate the physical and scientific principles behind sound and music
  • Explore your own creative work through song writing and other compositional tasks
  • Participate in “live” projects such as the UHR record label, and JamJar showcase concerts
  • Collaborate with film makers and animators in realising fully featured, professional standard media projects.
  • Our music industry advisory panel is second to none in the UK and includes key figures in the music industry such as Tim Clark (Robbie Williams’s manager), Mike Smith (MD Columbia Records) and Korda Marshall (who signed Take That, James Blunt etc.)

Entry requirements

240 points (including A Level or equivalent music technology, science or technology based subjects). Plus GCSE English and mathematics at grade C or above and Key skills are accepted as equivalent.

We are pleased to accept all qualifications included in the UCAS tariff points system (e.g. International Baccalaureate, key skills). More information about our entry requirements.

Study routes

  • Full-time 3 years

Professional accreditation

Skillset Media Academy

Our experts

Mr Simon Morgan

Senior Lecturer