162 Music, Sound and Creative Technologies MA Degree Programs

Launch your career in music with our MA in Popular Music (Performer). Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate performance degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.

The MA in Music Scoring & Composition provides students with focused training in music composition and production workflows, digital audio workstations, virtual instruments, and industry standard practices in music scoring for visual media. Building on a foundation of musicianship, students will learn contemporary scoring techniques which provide the necessary skills for success in changing music industry. Emphasis is placed on creating emotion through music, MIDI orchestration, and synchronization with visual media.

Launch your career as a songwriter with our MA in Popular Music, specialising in songwriting. Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.

Launch your career in music with our MA in Popular Music (Writer Performer). Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.

Launch your career in music with our MA in Popular Music (Writer Producer). Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry.

An MA composition pathway focused on developing composition skills across contemporary classical, experimental sound art, film, games and digital media. Students explore acoustic and electronic composition, live electronics, spatial audio, music technology and artistic collaboration.

The two-year Master of Arts is a specialised interdisciplinary programme in contemporary performing arts. It combines contemporary dramaturgy, body and movement, new technologies, interaction and sound design to develop methods for researching, designing and producing multidisciplinary artistic performances.

Launch your career as a highly skilled pioneering music and audio producer with our Music Production Masters degree. This practical postgraduate degree will cover all aspects of the music industry, including studios, electronic production, recorded and live music, postproduction, publishing and representation. 

This well-established Master's is the world-leading course in audio production, highly regarded both nationally and internationally. It is accredited by JAMES (consortium of music, entertainment and media industry organisations in the support of education and promotion of excellence). The course is designed to meet and exceed professional standards and will enable you to reach the highest level in the creative use of audio, and explore how creative ideas and new technologies can be combined, enhanced and redefined. As a major media education site in Europe, the University's Harrow Campus includes 14 professional recording studios (three surround studios), a new teaching recording studio, a Music Lab and an array of TV, post-production, radio, film and multimedia facilities built and equipped to the highest standards. This innovative course develops your creative abilities in audio across music production, sound design, radio, TV, film and multimedia, all supported by a robust understanding of the technologies involved. You will be able to explore and expand as a creative artist while achieving control and experience in a professional audio environment.

A full-time, one-year postgraduate programme developing the technical and creative skills needed to compose music and create soundtracks for film, television and other moving-image media. Students study contemporary film and television music production, composition across genres, collaborative practice, research and advanced individual project work.

A Master of Arts in Music offers a deep and nuanced exploration of musical theory, history, and creativity, allowing students to engage with music in both intellectual and artistic dimensions. This degree provides the opportunity to study a broad range of musical traditions, from classical to contemporary, while fostering an understanding of music’s cultural, emotional, and historical significance. Students develop advanced analytical and critical thinking skills, learning to interpret, appreciate, and engage with complex musical works and ideas. By exploring topics such as composition, musicology, music theory, and the relationship between music and society, students cultivate a profound connection to the rich, transformative power of music, while expanding their capacity for intellectual and artistic expression. Ultimately, this degree deepens one’s appreciation of music as both an art form and a discipline, providing the foundation for a lifetime of creative and scholarly engagement.

The MA Music programme provides theoretical and practical grounding in the discipline of ethnomusicology, as well as the opportunity to develop performance and ethnographic skills. On this programme students gain a practical understanding of how music can work in the sphere of social development and an in-depth study of global musical styles.

Kickstart your music career with our Music MA, specialising in Classical Music (Classical). This practical postgraduate degree is designed to develop your art form and enhance your musical skills, professional approach, and innovative thinking, equipping you for the dynamic nature of today's music industry. 

On our Commercial Music MA, you'll build on your current skills and experience whilst focusing on a particular area of the music industry: Songwriting, Music Production, or the Music Business. You'll choose your modules based on your career aspirations, and work towards a major project focused on your specialism.

Kickstart your music career with our Music MA, specialising in composition. This practical postgraduate degree is designed to develop your art form and enhance your musical skills, professional approach, and innovative thinking, equipping you for the dynamic nature of today's music industry