BSc(Hons) Audio and Music Technology
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About
Amplify your passion for music and sound, with advanced creative and technical skills in studio, stage and live technologies. Develop innovative craft practices and tools to shape the future of the audio, broadcast and creative industries.
Why study audio and music technology?
The UK's audio and music industries are evolving rapidly, with a growing demand for skilled professionals in technical sound engineering, live events, broadcast production, and audio innovation.
Accredited by Joint Audio Media Education Support (JAMES), our BSc (Hons) Audio and Music Technology degree is aimed at those interested in the technical side of studios and live sound.
You'll focus on audio engineering throughout your study, developing your core technical and craft skills in sound recording, mixing and mastering, with advanced practices in live events, broadcasting, acoustics, and emerging audio technologies.
Collaborate with students on BSc(Hons) Creative Music Technology in optional modules in music production, media sound, technology development, research and enterprise, which challenge you to innovate and explore future-facing audio practices.
Why UWE Bristol?
Learn in bespoke studios, collaboratively designed and built by our staff, and in diverse professional environments that reflect real-world industry settings. Our hands-on approach means you'll not only use the tech, but you'll also understand how it's built and why it works.
Study in Bristol, a vibrant city renowned for its music, media, and creative culture. You'll benefit from our national partners, local industry connections and community-led shows and live events, as well as our celebrated Centre for Music.
Our teaching staff combine academic expertise with years of industry experience, ensuring your learning is grounded and relevant. You'll also gain professional experience through shadowing opportunities, placements, portfolio projects, and career planning modules designed to help you launch your future.
Where can it take me?
Technical audio intersects a huge part of the UK economy and global industries with job opportunities across the world.Graduates work in specialist roles, including sound engineers in studios, live and broadcast settings, sound designers, audio researchers, acoustic consultants, software engineers and audio developers.
Entry
Typical offers
You will need to meet the following Level 2 requirements:
- GCSE: Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.
In addition to the above Level 2 qualifications, you'll need to achieve the published tariff points from your Level 3 studies prior to entry. Below is an indicative list of the main qualification types. However, we will consider any Level 3 qualifications towards meeting our entry requirements.
- Tariff points: 112
- Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page.
- English Language Requirement:
International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
*The University accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English language section. Please visit our English language requirements page. - A-level subjects: No specific subjects required.
- EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required. Please list the units you are taking in your application. For further advice on acceptable units please email us.
For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page.
- Access: No specific subjects required.
- Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications.
- Irish Highers: No specific subjects required.
- Welsh Baccalaureate: We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications.
- Cambridge Technical: No specific subjects required.
- T Levels: No specific subjects required.
Entry requirements
International applicants
For country specific entry requirements please find your country on the country information pages. If you are an international student and do not meet the academic requirements to study this course, you can qualify by completing preparatory study at our International College.
If you are applying to study at UWE Bristol and require additional support to meet our English language requirements, you may be able to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Read more about our Pre-Sessional English Programme.
Read more about entry requirements.
How to apply
Read more about undergraduate applications.
Read more about international applications and key international deadline dates.
For further information
- Email:
UK applicants
Admissions@uwe.ac.ukInternational/EU applicants
International@uwe.ac.uk - Telephone:
UK applicants
+44 (0)117 32 83333International/EU applicants
+44 (0)117 32 86644
Structure
Content
The structure of this course is currently being updated and we expect to publish any changes by December.
The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.
Year one
You'll study:
- Introductory Audio Programming
- Audio Engineering
- Audio Technology
- Music.
Year two
You'll study one or both (depending on credit requirement) from:
- Audio Process Design and Implementation
- Audio Recording.
Plus, optional modules (two or three, depending on credit requirement) from:
- Sound Design and Post Production
- Creative and Physical Computing
- Research and Practice in Creative Technology
- Advanced Composition.
Placement year (if applicable)
If you study on the four year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work placement after Year two.
You'll complete an appropriate professional practice module.
See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.
Final year
You'll study:
You'll study one or both (depending on credit requirement) from:
- Advanced Technologies
- Live Sound.
Plus, optional modules from (the number depending on credit requirement) from:
- Comprehensive Creative Technologies Project
- Instrument Recording Investigation
- Architectural Acoustics
- Audio for Games
- Audio Post-production
- Music Portfolio
- Professional Development.*
*Not available if you complete the sandwich placement year.
The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we'll inform you.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching mixes demonstrations, group work, discussions, practical workshops and individual tasks.Each year, you'll select optional modules to enhance your breadth of skills.
Year 1 is shared with BSc(Hons) Creative Music Technology. It focuses on core music making practices including production, studio and live sound, alongside smaller technical fundamental modules.
Year 2 develops your engineering, problem solving and technical skills looking at complex recording scenarios, key acoustic concepts and live technologies. Choose additional modules in music, sound design, coding or research to enhance your creative, technical and critical skills.
The Final year enables you to produce a portfolio of live broadcasts, and a research and development dissertation. Additionally, a portfolio of either original music or media sound. This ensures you gain industry-relevant experience across a range of disciplines. You'll complete a bespoke career plan and advanced taught classes to compliment your portfolios.
See our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.
Assessment
Each module is assessed individually with some involving group work. The style of assessment will be appropriate to the modules and their professional or industry contexts.
Across your modules, assessment will help you demonstrate a range of technical, creative, critical, professional, personal and practical skills and behaviours.
Most modules are assessed on practical work, in-class observations, student-staff discussion and project demonstration. Some involve reports or presentations, however, we accept a range of accessible alternative formats where appropriate.
There are no written exams.
Learn more about assessments.
Fees
Full-time; Sandwich course
Supplementary fee information
The UK Government has announced that the Undergraduate tuition fee cap for home students (including offshore) will increase every year in line with inflation. Legislation still needs to be passed for this increase to happen so the above home and offshore fees for 2026/27 are likely to increase should legislation be passed. Any tuition fee which is impacted by this change will be updated following Government approval.
Please see this page for further information.
Your overall entitlement to funding is based on how long the course is that you're registered on. Standard funding is allocated based on the standard number of years that your course lasts, plus one additional year.
You'll apply for funding each year that you study and Student Finance will take into account how long the course is in each year that you apply. So if you register for the four year course and then transfer to the three year course, the number of years you can apply for funding will change. Student Finance will reassess your funding based on how many years you have been in study, not just those years for which you received student finance.
Always seek advice before taking any action that may have implications for your funding.
Additional costs
This refers to items you could need during your studies that aren't covered by the standard tuition fee. These could be materials, textbooks, travel, clothing, software or printing.
Features
Professional accreditation
This course is accredited by Joint Audio Media Education Support (JAMES), the education arm of the Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS) and the Music Producers Guild (MPG).
Placements
Students who get work experience tend to graduate with better degrees. Experience also hones your skills, industry knowledge and professional network, making you highly employable on graduation.
If you choose the four-year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work placement after Year two.
Several local and national organisations actively recruit graduate and placement interns from our music technology courses.
We also actively support freelance and self-employed modes of work, to help prepare you for the independent nature of work in the audio industry.
You'll get help to find your placement and support throughout from staff within the course and our award-winning careers service.
Fieldwork
We arrange regular field trips to get exclusive behind the scenes from industry leaders across the country. Recent site visits include Pinewood Studios, NEP Broadcasting, Bristol Beacon and BBC Studios.
We hold concerts and events at venues across the city to showcase your music and work to the public and exclusive industry guests and alumni ready for you to network with.
We also maintain a regular posting board for one-off opportunities and collaborative projects with our community partners so you can gain valuable portfolio and professional experience alongside your studies while you have access to our outstanding studio facilities.
Study facilities
Experience professional performance spaces, recording studios, hardware synths consoles and controllers, mixing booths, Dolby Atmos suites, immersive research, extensive technical stores, and collaborative teaching labs.
Our facilities feature high powered Apple computers with industry-standard software including Logic, Ableton, MaxMSP, Waves and Adobe. We also support Windows and Apple personal computers.
As an AVID Learning Partner, you'll get full access to Pro Tools software, on and off campus.
Learn more about UWE Bristol's facilities and resources.
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Careers / Further study
Our Audio and Music Technology graduates are highly sought after in the industry, in areas such as music, film, TV and games design. Thanks to our Careers and Showcase module, you'll be prepared for your career, whichever area you go into.
Many have found careers at the world's biggest audio, music, media, and technology companies. Previous graduates of our degrees have found career success in the following roles:
- 2x EMMY winning and BAFTA nominated Sound Editor at Wounded Buffalo
- EVCOM Gold winning Senior Sound Designer at DRPG
- R&D Engineer at Pinewood Studios
- Lead Recording Engineer at Molinare
- Senior Systems Engineer at BBC
- Senior Broadcast Systems Engineer at Techex
- Audio Operator at NEP BowTie
- Audio Engineer at Matchroom
- Broadcast Engineer at SKY
- Post-Production Maintenance Engineer at NBC Sports
- Testing Engineer at Solid State Logic (SSL)
- Senior Acoustic Consultants at MACH Group
- Director of R&D at Sonos
- Director at L-Acoustics
- Senior Developer at Spitfire Audio
- Senior Developer at inMusic (Akai, Alesis, Stanton, Rane)
- Senior Developer at MusicTribe (Behringer, TC Electronics, Midas)
- Technical Writer at Focusrite Group
- Quality Technician at Bowers & Wilkins.
Many have also become successful freelancers, blending multiple roles into a portfolio career.
The breadth of transferable skills our course covers allow graduates to go on to other creative and technology focused careers. These include events management, publishing and licencing, filmmaking, technical sales, audio visual (AV) installations, web design, consultancy, community engagement, teaching and academic research.
Some decide to continue study or undertake their own research projects at master's and doctoral level at UWE Bristol.
Learn more about careers in the music and media industries through UK Music and Prospects.
Get inspired
Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and help to find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.
We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.
Visit our employability pages to learn more about careers, employers and what our students are doing six months after graduating.
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