MA Music Production at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

A one-year full-time MA at City Campus, Nottingham, for accomplished music producers working across popular music genres from pop and country to hip-hop and metal. Students explore current and emerging production practice, including studio production, arrangement, mixing, recording and synthesis, and build an individual strategy for a sustainable career, with access to the in-house Denizen label, mentors and grants.

Faculty: Nottingham School of Art & Design | Duration: 1 year full-time | Intake: September 2026 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Creative Entrepreneurial Approaches, Music Production Practice and a Research Project. Teaching is through workshops, lectures, small-group and one-to-one tutoring, using equipment such as SSL Duality, Dante, Dolby Atmos and Ableton.

Career pathways

Graduates can work as studio owners, recording engineers, producers, songwriters, mixing or mastering engineers, music-for-media composers, artists, or for record labels and publishers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:2 honours degree or appropriate equivalent (e.g. professional qualification) from a recognised British or overseas institution, in a related subject such as Music Technology, Music Production, Audio Production, Sound Design, Commercial Production, Sound Engineering, Audio Engineering, Game Audio, Audio for Media, Audio for Post Production or Composing for Media. Applicants without a suitable degree should supply links to recordings or compositions made with technology, state their role, and give a short statement on techniques used plus any industry experience. Non-standard applicants with at least three years' industry experience are welcome. Personal statement should explain motivation and summarise production knowledge (instruments, hardware, software, consoles and outboard used). Informal interview after application (UK applicants). Applicants taught and assessed in languages other than English need an English language equivalent to IELTS 6.5.

Intake: September 2026

Duration: 1 year full-time

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