Music & Dance courses

About Music: Creative Music Technology in University of Salford

As the first UK institution to offer pioneering and distinctive courses in Popular Music and Recording and Band Musicianship, our reputation for innovation and excellence within music education continues to flourish.

This course builds upon our long-standing reputation and offers a full specialisation in the field of music technology and has been ranked the number one Creative Music Technology course in the North West and number two in the UK in the 2020 Guardian university league tables. Plus, overall satisfaction with the course among students is 94% (University of Salford analysis of unpublished NSS 2019 data).

The Studio Recording and Production modules enable you to develop confidence in traditional studio skills, backed up by a solid academic understanding of historical developments and aesthetic considerations. Audio for Media trains you in the specific discipline of composing, arranging and producing audio for film, radio, television and gaming. Studio Composition covers a broad range of technical and genre viewpoints, from popular electronic music techniques to electro-acoustic composition. Thorough technical training and the study of acoustics underpin all of the creative work undertaken through the course.

Find out more about the course by visiting our Instagram at @SalfordCMT.

You will:

• Study on the number one Creative Music Technology course in the North West (Guardian 2020)
• Be able to take full advantage of the region's world-renowned music scene as both an active participant and an enquiring spectator
• Study as an instrumental performer, receiving one-to-one tuition on your instrument in your first year

Academic qualification equivalents

• Students who have successfully completed Standard XII examinations will be considered for entry onto our undergraduate degrees across the full disciplinary spectrum.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS :6.0 (with a minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

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