Master in Recording and Music Production
Paris, France
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
18 Aug 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 14,800 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Non-EU/ Non-Schengen Area applicants (visa-seeking students): 18th August 2025
Introduction
Are you an international student? Do you hold a Bachelor degree in music or sound techniques? Are you fluent in English? Our Master in Recording & Music Production is aimed at international students who are fluent in English? Do you aspire to work in the field of music recording or music production (be it in sound techniques and music or sound projects management to name the least), then 3iS is the place to make your dreams come true.
How's that?
At 3iS, we place a huge emphasis on hands-on-learning all the way through the 2 years of the MRMP program.
As future graduates, you will have the skills to design, promote and deliever an album, radiophonic, studio, and festival projects and to manage a team of sound technicians.
Tell me more about it!
During your first year at 3iS, you will take part in team projects and follow modules in technical education and artistic culture.
In the second year, you will experience the art of project management, from managing a personal project to directing a team made up of students from all other sectors. Hence, you will produce a full artistic and technical file!
Is that all?
In addition, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of a personalized, one-to-one instruction from a tutor working in the field you are looking up to! This opportunity covers a range of fileds: sound engineer, sound designer or composer. Such personalized monitoring for a personal project each year will enable you to develop your personal project, which will have an impact on your overall progress.
One last things to add?
In order to facilitate and consolidate learning, the Master in Recording & Music Production class has a restricted intake of 25 students.
Study Program
- Acoustics and psychoacoustics
- Equipment technology
- Culture and musical analysis
- Commissioning a studio
- Adding a soundtrack
- Sound recording
- Sound editing
- Computer-assisted music
- Artistic direction
- Stereo and multichannel mixing
- Mastering
- Production file (budget, technical datasheets, planning)
- Artistic project design, promotion
- Language discovery and French cultural awareness
Project
Do you want to know more about the project?
The MRMP program lies at the heart of 3iS, mainly for its approach: "learning by the project".
In other words, throughout the 2 years you will produce your projects together with recognized professionals as well as the support of other English-speaking 3iS programs.
What does it consists of?
- EP of a music group, track by track: sound recording, editing, mixing, and mastering
- Adding a soundtrack, mixing and recording a music group live
- Producing a title using computer-assisted music with a view to distribution on a music catalogue for post-production
- Live show soundtrack and adding a soundtrack managed by Ableton Live
- Artistic direction and composer support: computer-assisted music orchestration, traditional sound recording, editing, and mixing
- Short film music: multichannel mixing
- Sound recording with a boom, editing, and mixing of voices and backgrounds for a short film: collaboration with MA Filmmaking students
Ideal Students
To be eligible, students must meet the following admission requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (preferably in Fine Arts, although other fields will be considered for admission)
- Be at least 18 years old
- Demonstrate proficiency in English (minimum B2 level) to be able to follow the program
IELTS: 5.5 TOEFL: 72 Linguaskill (Bulats): 60
TOEIC: 785 Duolingo: 95 Cambridge English Qualifications: 160
Students can also prove proficiency by submitting a certificate from their previous institution stating that their previous degree was taught entirely in English.
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Scholarships and Funding
Thank you for your interest in joining our program.
At the moment, we do not offer scholarships. However, you can apply for a grant or financial aid from the French government. We invite students to look at websites like Campus France or the French Ministry of Higher Education to find scholarships and grants.
For more information, please check Bourses destinées aux étudiants étrangers | Campus France.
Please note that the application deadlines for scholarships differ from one country to another.
Best wishes,