BSc (Hons) Audio Engineering & Production
Futureworks
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Futureworks (Manchester Media School)

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Futureworks (Manchester Media School)

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SEP-25

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Dive into the world of professional audio engineering and elevate your skills to the next level. Develop the art of production, mixing, and mastering for music, film, and animation. Discover the power of sound effects and dialogue to enhance visual content. Our expert tutors and comprehensive resources will equip you with the knowledge and tools to build a career in sound. Join our community of talented audio engineers and unlock your full potential.Recording and producing musicMixingSound ...Read more

Dive into the world of professional audio engineering and elevate your skills to the next level. Develop the art of production, mixing, and mastering for music, film, and animation. Discover the power of sound effects and dialogue to enhance visual content. Our expert tutors and comprehensive resources will equip you with the knowledge and tools to build a career in sound. Join our community of talented audio engineers and unlock your full potential.

Recording and producing music

Mixing

Sound design

Avid Pro Tools training

Mixing for film

Post production sound and video

Mastering music

Portfolio development

Why Choose The Audio Engineering and Production Degree at Futureworks?

You will love our facilities – our recording studios are among the best in the country. We have 12 music, mastering and post-production studios, featuring top of the range consoles such as Neve, Avid S6, SSL and Icon, with stunning monitoring and classic microphones to match. You can see more about our incredible facilities elsewhere on the site, but our main claim is that all the studios contain the hardware and software you will be expected to work on in the real world of audio engineering.

This course will enable you to progress through every studio, starting with the simplest, working up to the biggest and most advanced facilities. By the time you leave us, you will be confident working in virtually any studio environment.

What sets Futureworks apart is our tutor team. Our experienced and professional tutors are industry active, feeding current techniques from live briefs and high-profile projects into your programme of study. They bring energy and industry expertise.

In addition, Futureworks Music is our multi-genre, in-house record label that has commercially released our student, graduate, and staff music productions since 2011. Whilst studying with us, the label team will take you through getting your music onto the worlds leading streaming and broadcast platforms access and guidance continue even after youve finished studying with us.

Your Audio Engineering and Production Degree Career Opportunities

Our Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree programmes are a blend of technology and creativity, designed to target a wide range of career opportunities.

There are many roles and career paths that fit under the broad umbrella of ''sound'': Sound Engineer, Music Producer, Mix Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Dialogue Editor, Sound Effects Editor, Dubbing Mixer, Sound Supervisor, Game Audio Designer, Live Sound, Acoustics, Noise Control, Studio Design, Location Sound, Forensic Audio, Audiology...

Many of our students progress on to postgraduate study – MSc and MA programmes in Sound & Music Production, Sound Design, Acoustics and Noise Control, Audiology, Public Policy and Human Development – to name but a few.

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Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 95 = 5% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
5%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
85%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Music graduate salary at this uni
£16,000
UK Music graduate salary
£17,000

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£9,535 per year

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£17,000 per year

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£17,000 per year

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Futureworks
Riverside, New Bailey St Manchester M3 5FS United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Deansgate  0.2 miles away
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