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MA Sound Design

Manchester Metropolitan University

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Manchester Metropolitan University

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

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 platforms. The School of Digital Arts (SODA) also offers opportunities for cross-disciplinary learning and to collaborate within our dynamic creative community of photographers, filmmakers, games developers and more.

During the course you will develop professional links with the creative community and industries both locally, nationally and internationally. Guest lectures and masterclasses by international industry practitioners and researchers will help you to place your work within a context of innovative global sound practice.

SODA is well positioned within Manchester as a great place for students to build a network and develop research and practice in the media, games and digital tech industries. It is also home to staff from a wide range of creative disciplines, who are research-active and experts in their chosen areas. They also enjoy well-established links to the wider creative media, arts and digital tech industries.

Career prospects

Graduates of the course will be well rounded twenty-first century media creatives able to adopt a variety of professional roles across a range of contexts including media content creation, location sound recording, film and animation post-production, game audio, sound and music for interactive media, Foley editing, music supervision, music editing, and sound design.

Tuition fees

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£ 22,000per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

  • University League Table

    50th

  • Campus address

    Manchester Metropolitan University, Ormond Building, Lower Ormond Street, Manchester, Lancashire, M15 6BX, United Kingdom

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The university welcomes a diverse international student population of more than 5,000 international students from over 120 countries.
Each year, it offers a range of welcome events to help new students settle into university, explore the city, and prepare for their academic studies.
Study in the centre of the global city of Manchester, on a campus with world-class learning spaces, a lively Students’ Union and fantastic social hubs.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Art & Design

    16th out of 83 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 228
    147 64%

    24th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    72.0 72%

    16th

    17

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.13 78%

    47th

    14

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