Education / Course Directory
Music Technology & Audio Production
United Kingdom | North America | Other Territories | Online Course Providers
Alchemea College of Engineering
Offer a range of courses from weekend sessions to full diplomas.
www.alchemea.com
dBs, Plymouth
Offer a range of courses and tuition packages up to degree level. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
http://dbsmusic.co.uk
School of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff
Offers a range of music performance, music technology and sound technology courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
http://cci.glam.ac.uk/subjects/music/
Goldsmiths, University of London
Offer courses up to postgraduate level in a range of disciplines including electroacoustic music composition. They also offer music and music technology via their PACE (professional and community education) department.
www.gold.ac.uk
Leeds College of Music
Offer a range of courses from foundation to postgraduate level in music and music technology.
www.lcm.ac.uk
Leeds Metropolitan University
Offer a range of courses to degree and postgraduate level. Includes JAMES‑accredited courses.
www.lmu.ac.uk
University of Leeds
Offer a range of courses to degree and postgraduate level.
www.leeds.ac.uk
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
LIPA offer degrees in sound technology and music, as well a much wider range of courses in the performing arts.
www.lipa.ac.uk
London School of Sound
Intensive, hands-on course with small class sizes run in the old Britannia Row studios in Islington, London.
www.londonschoolofsound.co.uk
Point Blank
Based in London and offers courses ranging from Summer School to two-year diploams in subjects including music production, composition and songwriting, radio production and music business.
www.pointblanklondon.com
Royal College of Music (RCM)
As you’d expect, the RCM in London focuses largely on music composition and performance, but they also have some excellent studio facilities and live spaces for recording.
www.rcm.ac.uk
School of Audio Engineering (SAE) Institute
SAE have a number of campuses in the UK, and offer a range of courses up to postgraduate level.
www.sae.edu
Tech Music School, Brighton
Offers a 1 year Diploma in Music Production and a 3 Year BA (Hons) Degree in Music Production. Courses are creative and include interaction with the performance, business and songwriting students.
www.techmusicschool.co.uk
Thames Valley University
Offer a range of courses from part time up to postgraduate level.
www.tvu.ac.uk
University of Salford
Salford offer a range of courses from foundation to postgraduate level. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
www.smmp.salford.ac.uk
University of Southampton, Institute of Sound Vibration & Research
A rather more specialist provider, as its name suggests. One of the world’s leading acoustics research centres.
www.isvr.soton.ac.uk
University of Surrey, Institute of Sound Recording
Home to the UK Tonmeister course, but also offer a number of other courses.
www.surrey.ac.uk/msr/iosr
University of Westminster, School of Media Arts & Design
Offers a range of music performance, music production and music business courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Also offer courses in radio/TV/Film etc. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/music
United Kingdom | North America | Other Territories | Online Course Providers
SAE (see UK entry) have several US campuses, including in Nashville.
www.sae.edu
Full Sail University
Full Sail offer a wide range of courses to degree level in audio and music technology, and associated sectors such as gaming.
www.fullsail.edu
Berklee College of Music
Berklee offer a wide range of courses from five-week summer courses to degree level, as well as the on-line courses for which they’re famous worldwide.
www.berklee.edu
Conservatory of Recording Arts, Arizona
Offers a course which includes modules in a range of disciplines, including recording and production, live sound and career management.
www.audiorecordingschool.com
Mannes College The New School for Music
Mannes is a classical music conservatory dedicated to providing a comprehensive education to aspiring musicians via its undergraduate and graduate programs. The Mannes Preparatory and Extension programs serve children and adults.
www.newschool.edu/mannes/
McNally Smith College of Music, Minnesota
Offers courses up to degree and postgraduate level.
www.mcnallysmith.edu
New York University (NYU)
Offer a range of courses in music, music technology and music composition.
www.nyu.edu
Pyramind
Based in San Francisco, Pyramind offer a range of courses in music and related audio disciplines.
www.pyramind.com
Ex'pression College For Digital Arts
Offer a range of courses to degree level in recording and production and other creative arts.
www.expression.edu
United Kingdom | North America | Other Territories | Online Course Providers
SAE (see UK entry) have campuses in several countries.
www.sae.edu
Tonmeister (Germany)
The German Tonmeister is an established qualification, offered at a number of universities in Germany. A great option — if you speak German!
JMC Academy (Australia)
Offer a range of courses in audio up to degree level.
jmcacademy.edu.au
United Kingdom | North America | Other Territories | Online Course Providers
Offer a huge range of music, music technology and production courses at a variety of levels.
www.berkleemusic.com/?pid=2179
ThinkSpace
(Formerly ‘Music For The Media’). Offers a range of online courses aimed largely at composition for film, TV and other visual media.
www.thinkspaceonline.com
SAE Institute
As well as campus-based courses, the SAE Institute offer some on-line courses.
http://online.sae.edu
The Open University
The UK’s original distance learning university offers a number of courses in music, music technology and music computing research.
www.open.ac.uk
Point Blank Online
Offers a range of online courses from a month to 36 weeks in length. Subjects vary from tuition in DAW software to genre-based lessons and more general music production courses.
www.pointblankonline.net
Music Technology & Audio Production
Course Providers
United Kingdom
MPG, APRS, JAMES
The Music Producer’s Guild (MPG) and the Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS) run a scheme called JAMES, which accredits a number of further and higher education courses in the UK. The MPG have also been running a ‘Mic To Master’ tour, which is a series of training workshops.
www.jamesonline.org.uk
www.mpg.org.uk
Alchemea College of Engineering
Offer a range of courses from weekend sessions to full diplomas.
www.alchemea.com
dBs, Plymouth
Offer a range of courses and tuition packages up to degree level. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
http://dbsmusic.co.uk
School of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff
Offers a range of music performance, music technology and sound technology courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
http://cci.glam.ac.uk/subjects/music/
Goldsmiths, University of London
Offer courses up to postgraduate level in a range of disciplines including electroacoustic music composition. They also offer music and music technology via their PACE (professional and community education) department.
www.gold.ac.uk
Leeds College of Music
Offer a range of courses from foundation to postgraduate level in music and music technology.
www.lcm.ac.uk
Leeds Metropolitan University
Offer a range of courses to degree and postgraduate level. Includes JAMES‑accredited courses.
www.lmu.ac.uk
University of Leeds
Offer a range of courses to degree and postgraduate level.
www.leeds.ac.uk
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
LIPA offer degrees in sound technology and music, as well a much wider range of courses in the performing arts.
www.lipa.ac.uk
London School of Sound
Intensive, hands-on course with small class sizes run in the old Britannia Row studios in Islington, London.
www.londonschoolofsound.co.uk
Point Blank
Based in London and offers courses ranging from Summer School to two-year diploams in subjects including music production, composition and songwriting, radio production and music business.
www.pointblanklondon.com
Royal College of Music (RCM)
As you’d expect, the RCM in London focuses largely on music composition and performance, but they also have some excellent studio facilities and live spaces for recording.
www.rcm.ac.uk
School of Audio Engineering (SAE) Institute
SAE have a number of campuses in the UK, and offer a range of courses up to postgraduate level.
www.sae.edu
Tech Music School, Brighton
Offers a 1 year Diploma in Music Production and a 3 Year BA (Hons) Degree in Music Production. Courses are creative and include interaction with the performance, business and songwriting students.
www.techmusicschool.co.uk
Thames Valley University
Offer a range of courses from part time up to postgraduate level.
www.tvu.ac.uk
University of Salford
Salford offer a range of courses from foundation to postgraduate level. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
www.smmp.salford.ac.uk
University of Southampton, Institute of Sound Vibration & Research
A rather more specialist provider, as its name suggests. One of the world’s leading acoustics research centres.
www.isvr.soton.ac.uk
University of Surrey, Institute of Sound Recording
Home to the UK Tonmeister course, but also offer a number of other courses.
www.surrey.ac.uk/msr/iosr
University of Westminster, School of Media Arts & Design
Offers a range of music performance, music production and music business courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Also offer courses in radio/TV/Film etc. Includes JAMES-accredited courses.
www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/music
North America
SAE InstituteSAE (see UK entry) have several US campuses, including in Nashville.
www.sae.edu
Full Sail University
Full Sail offer a wide range of courses to degree level in audio and music technology, and associated sectors such as gaming.
www.fullsail.edu
Berklee College of Music
Berklee offer a wide range of courses from five-week summer courses to degree level, as well as the on-line courses for which they’re famous worldwide.
www.berklee.edu
Conservatory of Recording Arts, Arizona
Offers a course which includes modules in a range of disciplines, including recording and production, live sound and career management.
www.audiorecordingschool.com
Mannes College The New School for Music
Mannes is a classical music conservatory dedicated to providing a comprehensive education to aspiring musicians via its undergraduate and graduate programs. The Mannes Preparatory and Extension programs serve children and adults.
www.newschool.edu/mannes/
McNally Smith College of Music, Minnesota
Offers courses up to degree and postgraduate level.
www.mcnallysmith.edu
New York University (NYU)
Offer a range of courses in music, music technology and music composition.
www.nyu.edu
Pyramind
Based in San Francisco, Pyramind offer a range of courses in music and related audio disciplines.
www.pyramind.com
Ex'pression College For Digital Arts
Offer a range of courses to degree level in recording and production and other creative arts.
www.expression.edu
Other Territories
SAE InstituteSAE (see UK entry) have campuses in several countries.
www.sae.edu
Tonmeister (Germany)
The German Tonmeister is an established qualification, offered at a number of universities in Germany. A great option — if you speak German!
JMC Academy (Australia)
Offer a range of courses in audio up to degree level.
jmcacademy.edu.au
Online Course Providers
Berklee College of MusicOffer a huge range of music, music technology and production courses at a variety of levels.
www.berkleemusic.com/?pid=2179
ThinkSpace
(Formerly ‘Music For The Media’). Offers a range of online courses aimed largely at composition for film, TV and other visual media.
www.thinkspaceonline.com
SAE Institute
As well as campus-based courses, the SAE Institute offer some on-line courses.
http://online.sae.edu
The Open University
The UK’s original distance learning university offers a number of courses in music, music technology and music computing research.
www.open.ac.uk
Point Blank Online
Offers a range of online courses from a month to 36 weeks in length. Subjects vary from tuition in DAW software to genre-based lessons and more general music production courses.
www.pointblankonline.net
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