BA(Hons) Sound Design

This course is new for the entry year 2023

This highly collaborative degree will equip you with the creative and technical abilities for your dream role as a sound designer or a sound experience professional, ready to make waves in industries such as music, animation and visual media. Design sounds in different contexts, from film and fashion shows to gaming, installations and staged performances.

As someone passionate about sound, you’ll immerse yourself in its creation and production. Guided by an expert team and working in partnership with students in associated fields, you’ll emerge with diverse skills and a distinctive portfolio.

You will:

• Build core sound design and related audio skills, encompassing concepts, practices, tools and workflows

• Work with industry-standard software, hardware and technical facilities, including mixing consoles, portable recording equipment, Foley/ ADR suites and dedicated post-production audio suites.

• Develop contextual knowledge of contemporary sound design

• Collaborate in project teams across a range of creative disciplines to develop and apply knowledge, experience and transferable skills

• Experiment with future applications of sound, including sonic wearables and branding, soundscape ecology and sound design in wellbeing

• Gain business, marketing and entrepreneurial insight, boosting your employability

We consider all applications on their merit and potential. We invite all applicants to an interview day or audition to allow them to demonstrate this, along with what inspires and motivates them in their field. Applicants can also show their portfolio or give a performance, depending on the course. We welcome applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM, the arts or the humanities.

Course route Entry requirements
BA/BSc(Hons) three-year degree 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points

BA/BSc(Hons) four year degree
with placement year 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points

UCAS Tariff points will primarily be from Level 3 qualifications such as but not limited to A-levels, T Levels, a BTEC/UAL Extended Diploma or a Foundation Diploma.

Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.