Sound and Music Computing with IE MSc

Digital media becomes ever more advanced and ubiquitous. The MSc in Sound and Music Computing responds to a growing need for engineers and computer scientists trained specifically in sound and music processing.

• Enrich your studies with an 8-12-month industrial placement, working with an appropriate employer in a role that relates directly to your field of study
• Ideal if you are a graduate wishing to hone and enhance your skills, or an industrialist with experience of sound and music computing, seeking formal qualifications
• Created by the acclaimed Centre for Digital Music (C4DM)
• Develop the knowledge and skills required for careers in the technical aspects of audio production, sound engineering or broadcasting
• Understand intelligent signal processing, computational music analysis, music information retrieval and other areas of sound and music computing

Facilities

The School has excellent bespoke facilities, including:

• Augmented human interaction (AHI) laboratory
• Informatics teaching laboratory with 350 state-of-the-art computers
• Antenna measurement laboratory
• Listening room
• Media and arts technology studios
• Performance lab
• Robotics laboratory (ARQspace)

Career paths

Graduates from our programmes have gone on to work in roles such as:

• Senior lecturer
• Music tutor
• Start-up founder
• Maintenance software engineer
• Software developer
• Technical solutions engineer.