BSc (Hons) Live Sound and Lighting Technology

Develop excellent technical skills over the course of your degree, and benefit from our high quality studio, listening room, venue and sound resources including those by SSL, Yamaha, Avid, Focusrite, Quested, Genelec, Neumann, TLA, Lexicon and Drawmer to name but a few.Excellent industry input is built into the design of the degree awards from a huge number of areas within the wider music industry.The degree awards within the programme are designed to expose you to areas of music, sound and audio technology that you might not even know exist yet. "Coming to this course has really given my brain the kick-start it needed, and I'm beginning to see near endless possibilities with where I can go." - Glenn Osborn, second year studentWe have a strong record of students from the programme securing placement years between years 2 and 3 of their studies. Placement destinations include Focusrite, Sound Technology (a leading distributor of high profile brands for the Music Retail and Professional Audio industries), The Famous Company, and a number of recording studios.Every year, organisations and companies approach us to recommend our graduating students.Music business is woven into your degree study at every year giving you the skills to slot into the music industry (or create your own business).Organise and Participate ‘live’ projects, and our ‘JamJar’ showcase live events.Benefit from studying in creative arts school and collaborate with filmmakers and animators in realising fully featured, professional standard media projects.

You will graduate as a talented sound engineer / technologist with skills in lighting too, capable of forging a career in a variety of roles. Our graduates can be found in many places within the music industry, working in recording studios, production companies, working in live sound and at major events, in DSP design, rigging and install, as AV engineers, as sound editors, audio restoration engineers, and developers of new hardware and software.

104 UCAS points