London, United Kingdom
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 15,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU/EEA/swiss students
Key Summary
Introduction
Develop your creativity and gain confidence working in high-quality recording and post-production suites with SAE’s 2-year Audio Production degree. Get to grips with the latest music production software, including Pro Tools, Ableton and FMOD, and use your newfound knowledge across the creative worlds of music, film, TV, games and more.
What you can expect from your audio production degree
If you’re ready to launch your career as an audio production professional, SAE’s BA/BSc (Hons) Audio Production degree will get you there more quickly than a traditional university course. Studied over 2 years rather than 3, this music production accelerated degree will see you gain theoretical knowledge and essential technical audio skills so you can work confidently in your chosen area of the audio industry – whether that’s in live sound/music, film, animation, games, immersive audio and programming, or audio drama.
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Curriculum
Trimester 1
Develop the essential technical audio skills and knowledge needed to collaborate with professionals and your fellow creative media students.
- Audio (T1) - Principles of Audio
- Audio (T1) - Desktop Music Production
Trimester 2
Across your second term, you’ll broaden your scope to work on more complex multidisciplinary projects, while getting to grips with industry-standard practices.
- Audio (T2) - Recording Techniques
- Audio (T2) - Audio Production Industries
Trimester 3
Across Trimester 3, you’ll undertake a variety of project briefs in a professional working environment using a project-based ‘creative studio’ approach. Creative Studios sees you participate in authentic assessment activities that reflect industry practices, providing a highly practical approach to your education.
- Audio (T3) Creative Studio 1: Overview
Trimester 4
The second Creative Studio term focuses on collaborative audio and music production. Building on your practical knowledge, you’ll take on production roles and plan artist productions – from pre-production right through to the final mixing, mastering and distribution stages.
- Audio (T4) Creative Studio 2: Overview
Trimester 5
As you near the end of your studies, you’ll start to specialise, advancing your skills across your chosen area of the audio industry by selecting from one of 3 optional modules.
- Audio (T5) Creative Studio 3: Overview
- Audio (T5) Advanced Specialised Production
- (T5) Research and Professional Development in Creative Media
Trimester 6
The final module of this audio production degree lets you demonstrate the practical and academic skills you’ve developed across your 2 years at SAE via a large-scale advanced-level project.
- Audio Production Major Project BA/BSc
Program Outcome
What you'll learn
Throughout your 2-year Audio Production degree you will:
- Master your craft on small and large format consoles in industry-relevant studio environments.
- Confidently operate industry-standard hardware and software, including Neve, SSL, Audient, Pro Tools and Logic Pro.
- Combine hands-on immersive training with academic learning for holistic education from day one.
- Explore and record your favourite music genres.
- Gain entrepreneurial and music business skills to take into your audio production career.
- Collaborate creatively with SAE students from other courses, such as designers, game developers, filmmakers and animators.
- Develop a significant portfolio of work to present to industry.
- Build an impressive network of connections across the wider creative industries.
- Graduate career-ready with practical employment skills gained through strong industry links.
Career Opportunities
What jobs will this course lead to?
- Studio Engineer
- Music Producer
- Game Audio Specialist
- Sound Editor
- Staging Crew
- Audio/Visual technician
- Sound Designer
- Live Sound Engineer/Operator
- Radio Broadcaster/Podcaster
- Foley Artist
English Language Requirements
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