Music and Audio Production

The music and audio production programme is designed for musicians from a wide range of musical backgrounds interested in the production of musical content in both the recording studio and live performance environments. students will gain practical knowledge and experience of recording, editing, mixing and mastering music using professional studio facilities. working alongside leading music industry professionals students will gain additional sound engineering experience in a sound reinforcement context and develop musical practice in composition, general musicianship and (optionally) musical performance.

Companies and institutions currently employing our graduates include the bbc, utv, weller media agency, start together studios, psav, the mac, pi communications, the nerve centre, steven’s institute of technology and queen’s university belfast. employment after the course the programme prepares students for a wide range of possible career paths including studio and venue audio engineering, broadcasting, audiology, acoustic consultancy, artist management, concert-venue management, audio system support, education and other areas of the music and audio industries. companies and institutions currently employing our graduates include the bbc, utv, weller media agency, start together studios, psav, the mac, pi communications, the nerve centre, steven’s institute of technology, trinity college dublin, queen’s university belfast and ulster university.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Northern Ireland have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Queen's University Belfast has partnerships with the following companies: