BMus (Hons) Creative Music Technology at University of Surrey

“All sound is music!” Our Creative Music Technology degree offers you a route to an exciting career in the arts and creative industries, equipping you with the skills for making innovative music in the 21st century across a wide range of genres, to develop your own unique musical style. You’ll be taught by creative music technology experts and creative practitioners, and work in a unique environment using world-class professional facilities.

Department: Music and Media  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with placement year  |  Study mode: full-time (optional placement year)  |  Intake: September 2027 (UCAS W3G5)  |  Location: Guildford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

On this practice-led course you’ll study the creative use of music technology using a wide range of specialist software and hardware, preparing you for a broad range of careers in the creative industries. You’ll choose from areas of study such as electronic music creation and performance, recording and production, sound design, music for moving image and creative music programming. Traditional music skills are also an important part of the course, and you may also choose to study traditional instrumental music, including performance. Year 1 core modules include Sound Design, Harmony 1: Common-practice Harmony, Composing Electronic Music a, Composing Electronic Music B, Recording and Production a.

Career pathways

At Surrey, you'll develop the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a successful career in the creative industries, including those centred around digital music, film, TV live-event and computer-games. Our graduates have gone on to become successful film and TV sound designers, producers and composers, and have found employment in music education, business and marketing.

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