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Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) BMus(Hons) / BSc(Hons)

University of Surrey

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Course options

  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Music (with Honours) / Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BMus(Hons) / BSc(Hons)

  • Location

    Stag Hill

  • Study mode

    Sandwich / Placement

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Why choose this course

• Our Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister®) BMus/BSc (Hons) course is aimed at exceptional students who are primarily interested in engineering and music.
• You’ll gain a breadth of experience, numerous practical skills, and invaluable initiative and adaptability that will prepare you for a career in any area of the professional audio industry.
• Our graduates have gone on to amazing careers: from equipment design to film composition; from computer game programming to writing and producing hit songs; from designing broadcast studios to mixing the broadcast sound from Glastonbury.
• £1.7m department facilities expansion and improvement, including custom-built performance and recording spaces with three studios, a multi-purpose concert/recital room, an immersive multi-channel speaker performance space, five edit rooms, 11 practice rooms and brand-new synth lab.


What you will study

Our course is made up of three areas of study:
• Technical understanding of audio
• Practical experience of recording
• Musical theory and practice. The technical aspects of our course cover the engineering components that contribute to modern sound recording and reproduction. This includes acoustics, electroacoustics, electronics, computer audio systems, sound synthesis and signal processing. The practical elements of your studies will provide you with tuition in recording techniques and critical listening. You’ll also apply technical theory by recording a wide range of music.The musical components of the course will develop your analytical skills and provide the opportunity for detailed study of creative disciplines such as performance and composition.

Application deadline

29 January

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QUALIFICATION TYPE

A level

A level : AAA

Overall:AAA Required subjects: Mathematics, Music, and Physics. Music Technology A-level together with ABRSM Music Theory grade 5 is acceptable in place of Music A-level. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.

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University of Surrey

University of Surrey

  • University League Table

    12th

  • Campus address

    University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Drama, Dance & Cinematics

    10th out of 95 1

    5th out of 80 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 198
    151 76%

    16th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    74.0 74%

    5th

    20

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.94 73%

    72nd

    70

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    167 78%

    17th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    13th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.52 88%

    1st

    9

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