BA (Hons) Music Production
Duration
3 years / 4 years with placement year
Institution code
L28
UCAS Code
3 years W374 / 4 years W375
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The Course
Music is the heartbeat of creativity, woven into film, games, art, and culture. This course places you in a vibrant creative community where you’ll draw inspiration across disciplines, redefining what music production can achieve.
We welcome aspiring producers, recordists, and beatmakers eager to grow into accomplished music production professionals.
This course sharpens your expertise in studio production, composition, sound design and live sound, and immerses you in recording, mixing, mastering and creating music for diverse media, from video games to film sync.
Purpose-built facilities mirror real-world industry environments, including a Dante-networked performance venue, songwriting and synthesiser room, dedicated mixing room, cutting-edge recording studio and soundproofed live rooms, all linked via our Dante network. Students have access to four individual production rooms, a drum recording room, and two specialist Mac labs. You’ll also have access to industry-standard software and hardware, and a range of University workshops from metalwork to 3D printing and photography.
You’ll master technical skills and gain creative insights for success through hands-on projects, hyper-real simulations, live pitching opportunities, interdisciplinary collaborations, and visits to commercial recording studios in the region. Workshops and guest speakers have included Skin OBE, Jason Bowld (Bullet for My Valentine), Imogen Heap, West End performers, producers, composers, agents, publishers, and industry experts across labels, management, and promotion.
Industry Project Partners
Some of the businesses we have partnered or collaborated with recently.
What You’ll Study
You’ll explore music production, studio production, composition, sound design, and live sound. Through workshops and real-world projects, you’ll create original music, collaborate in the studio, and understand the broader context of music production in popular culture, setting the stage for success in the dynamic creative industries.
Course Facilities
BA (Hons) Music Production students have access to bespoke music facilities to support their studies including: 24-track analogue/digital recording studio; fully-integrated studio live/ensemble rooms; auditorium with full live PA and lighting rig and sound-proofed instrumental teaching rooms.
Computer suites house networks of Apple Mac computers featuring regularly updated, industry-standard software for a wide range of creative applications that support all our courses. All suites use equipment consistent with that used in the creative workplace. A purpose-built specialist library is open to all students and includes Digital Collections to enhance the learning experience as well as the University archive. Self service facilities are available throughout, supported by a dedicated and experienced team of library staff.
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BA (Hons) Music Production
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Recent Student Successes
Graduates and students from our music department have performed at iconic Leeds venues like O2 Academy, Belgrave Social, The Wardrobe, and Brudenell Social Club, and toured the UK and performed internationally.
Your Future
Graduates will be ready to pursue careers as music producers, beatmakers, DJs, recording engineers, live sound engineers, sound designers, educators, and mastering engineers. Graduates may also continue to postgraduate study.
Creative thinking is at the core of all our courses and the ability to develop creative solutions in a variety of professional contexts is in demand across a range of careers. Our courses embed research, communication, writing and presentation skills. Along with an ability to collaborate with others and a high level of cultural awareness, our graduates are also able to create possibilities for career progression in the wider creative economy as part of other industries.
Course News
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Connecting you to Creative Industries
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Applying
*Please note that our courses are subject to an annual review process in order to maintain their quality and enhance the student experience. As a result, Course Specifications may be amended for the coming year.