Sound Engineering and Production - BEng (Hons)

University of Salford

Sound engineers are essential to how we perceive live and recorded sound. As digital listening experiences expand, and listeners engage on different platforms and in different locations, sound quality and delivery is paramount. With the sound engineering and production degree, you'll develop the professional knowledge to experience and deliver audio at the highest standard.  

\ Co-located at our MediaCity and Peel park campuses, minutes away from buzzing central Manchester, our Sound Engineering and Production degree will guide you through this creative blend of science and engineering. We use small-group teaching to deliver carefully-designed modules that embed theoretical knowledge and creative application, and help you to build technical and transferable skills for to build a career in audio and media industries. Initially, you will explores a variety of practical applications including radio, TV, music recording and live sound. You will study audio systems, music technology, live sound connection and studio production. As you progress, you will look at advanced audio production, audio installation and sound design. With your future in focus, you can also choose specialist modules in audio for gaming and virtual reality or audio forensics. This pathway is designed to include an optional industry placement between years two and three. On successful completion of a placement, you can add 'with professional experience' to your final degree award.

\ Scheduled for opening mid-2027, our new Acoustics Building will be one of the world’s most advanced centres for studying, testing and shaping sound. Featuring some of the quietest rooms on the planet and cutting-edge labs for everything from whisper-level measurements to full-scale vehicle and engine testing, the new building is part our multi-million pound Campus Connectivity plan and will give students unparalleled access to world-class facilities driving the future of sound, technology and research.

\ With the legendary Manchester music scene on our doorstep, you will have plenty of opportunities to hear sound and audio in action. Along with a network of major media companies surrounding our MediaCity campus, you will be in the right place to add some practical industry experience to your studies too.

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• Develop your knowledge of the recording process, enhanced by scientific and technical aspects\
• Acquire production knowledge of a variety of practical applications including radio, TV, music recording and live sound\
• Learn how to use typical software tools for the generation, control, processing and audio reproduction\
• Understand the relationships between sound and the environment, wherever it is being produced\
• Explore audio game design, acoustic modelling, and the techniques behind augmented reality\
• Gain professional-level knowledge and skills by including a placement year where you can apply your knowledge and develop further transferable skills