Music Technology - BSc (Hons)

Leeds Beckett University

Sound is everywhere. From music and live events to films, games, podcasts, and digital media, audio plays a vital role in how we experience the world. On BSc Music Technology, you'll develop the creative and technical skills to work with sound across a range of industries. You'll explore music production, recording, live sound, audio post-production, sound design, and audio technologies, gaining an understanding of both the creative and technical sides of sound. Through practical projects, studio-based learning, and collaborative work, you'll gain hands-on experience using the equipment and software professionals use every day. You'll create original audio content, solve real technical challenges, and build an impressive portfolio that reflects your interests and career ambitions. As part of this music technology degree, you'll: * Learn how sound behaves and how audio technologies are designed, controlled, and optimised * Create audio for music, games, film, media, live events, and other creative applications * Explore sound synthesis, audio processing, and emerging technologies shaping the future of audio * Design, test, and evaluate professional audio and sound reproduction systems * Build professional skills in project management, communication, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving

You'll work in specialist recording studios, production suites, and advanced audio facilities, including our mastering and ambisonics room, post-production sound dubbing theatre, and the anechoic and reverb chambers. Alongside music production, you'll explore sound design, game audio, audio for film and media, live sound, acoustics, and emerging audio technologies.

From your first day studying a music technology course, you'll be creating recordings, designing sound, producing original work, and solving technical challenges through hands-on projects that reflect industry practice.

You can choose to complete a placement year, where you'll gain valuable work experience, strengthen your portfolio, and develop professional contacts to help launch your career.

Create with students across Leeds School of Arts, collaborating on projects that reflect how audio is used in real-world creative and digital production.

Work directly with professional musicians through our Artist in Residence programme, gaining insight into how artists create, produce, and develop their work in a professional setting. Previous artists have included Cherry Seraph, Chris T-T, Ian Prowse, I Monster, Tom Williams, and Utah Saints.

Leeds has one of the UK's most vibrant music scenes, packed with live venues, festivals, artists, and grassroots culture. It's the perfect place to develop your sound, build your network, and immerse yourself in a working music scene.

* Develop a versatile set of skills across music production, recording, live sound, sound design, and audio technology * Learn in specialist studios and professional audio facilities using industry-standard equipment * Build an impressive portfolio through practical projects, creative collaboration, and an optional placement year