MSc Sound Engineering & Audio Production at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

A one-year full-time MSc at City Campus, Nottingham, exploring studio engineering and mixing, mastering, immersive audio, game audio and post-production. Students build a personalised pathway and a commercial strategy for a sustainable career, using the Metronome studio complex (SSL Duality, Dolby Atmos, Ableton) and working with an industry mentor and live briefs.

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, Sound Engineering and Audio Production, and a Research Project. Teaching is via workshops, lectures, small-group and one-to-one tutoring.

Career pathways

Graduates can work as studio owners, Foley artists, sound designers, game audio specialists, recording engineers, producers, audio post-production engineers, mixing or mastering engineers, 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, Sound Engineering, Audio Engineering, Game Audio, Audio for Media or Composing for Media. Applicants without a relevant degree should supply links to audio work made with technology, state their role and give a short statement of techniques used plus industry experience. Non-standard applicants with at least three years' industry experience are welcome. Personal statement should explain motivation and summarise recording and mixing knowledge (microphones, software, consoles, outboard). 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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