Sound Design
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, United Kingdom
Course overview
As an MA Sound Design student, you will create sound for environments and contexts that are immersive, interactive and responsive. Taught by a team of specialist researcher-practitioners, you will explore themes that will include sound for linear and non-linear narrative, interactive media and virtual realities. You will be based in a school that is purpose-built for today’s fast-moving creative and digital sectors - equipped with the latest cutting-edge technologies to enable you to develop industry-standard skills for creating and researching sound content across a wide range of digital plat
Key highlights
- Create sound for immersive, interactive and responsive environments
- Taught by specialist researcher-practitioners
- Explores sound for linear and non-linear narrative
- Covers sound for interactive media and virtual realities
- Purpose-built school equipped with cutting-edge digital technologies
- Develop industry-standard skills for sound across digital platforms
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include relevant discipline; or above
Scholarships
Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Scholarships
The scholarship award will cover the programme tuition fees of £22,000 and includes a bursary of £11,250.
Up to £22,000Business School International Postgraduate Scholarship
£5,000 in the first year of study.
Up to £5,000Postgraduate International Scholarship
£5,000 tuition fee scholarship in the first year of study for most eligible postgraduate taught courses. £3,000 tuition fee scholarship in the first year of study for the selected programmes.
Careers this course leads to
- Sound Designer
- Game Audio Designer
- Audio Designer for VR and Immersive Media
- Post-Production Sound Editor
- Interactive Audio Developer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £12,000 per year | International: £22,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Manchester Metropolitan University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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