AES Education Directory - Northern Region, Europe

Type 5 Courses - Masters Degree course (taught) (e.g. MS, MSc, MA, MEng)

Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering

Otakaari 5 A
Espoo, Finland
Internet: http://elec.aalto.fi/en/

Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing Major

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MSc
Facilities: anechoic rooms, listening rooms
Exact Duration: 2 years, BSc required
Contact Person: International Student Services

Acoustics Laboratory, Aalborg University

Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 B4
Aalborg Ø, DK-9220, Denmark
Tel: +45 9635 8710
Fax: +45 9815 2144
Internet: http://www.kom.auc.dk/AKUSTIK/

Electronic Engineering

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Sc. E. E.
Facilities: Labs; general recording/reproduction systems; advanced measurement systems; anechoic, reverberation, infrasound chambers; standard listening room; and dedicated virtual reality lab.
Exact Duration: 1 1/2 years
Emphasis: B.Sc. E. E. degree is required. Sound field theory, measurement techniques, architectural acoustics, noise, human sound perception, audio engineering, among others. Program is offered in the English language
Fee: Inquire
Contact Person: Henrik Møller

Anglia Ruskin University

East Road
Cambridge, CB1 1PT, United Kingdom
Tel: +441223 363271
Internet: http://www.anglia.ac.uk

MSc Audio and Video Technology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MSc
Facilities: Professional specification audio and film production studios
Exact Duration: 1 year full time or 2 years part time
Fee: £7050 full-time EU
Contact Person: Rob Toulson

Chalmers University of Technology

Division of Applied Acoustics
Gothenburg, 41296, Sweden
Tel: +46 31 772 2200
Fax: +46 31 772 2212
Internet: http://www.ta.chalmers.se/intro/index.php

International Master's Program

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Masters
Facilities: Extensive laboratories and teaching facilities, world reknown staff
Exact Duration: 2 years including thesis
Emphasis: 80 credits: 60 or 90 ECTS of courses plus 30 or 60 ECTS MSc thesis
Fee: none
Internship/Work Placement: none
Validating Body: Swedish University system approved
Contact Person: Prof. Wolfgang Kropp

Conservatoire Royal

7 rue de Nimy
Mons, Hainaut B7000, Belgium
Tel: +3265347377
Fax: +3265349906

section musique électroacoustique

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA
Facilities: 2 studios. ProtoolsHD TDM with procontrol, Max-msp, sampling, synthesis etc. Surround octophonic listening and compositional room.
Exact Duration: 5 years (3 Bachelor+2 Master)
Emphasis: sound design (film, video, theater, dans, web), electroacoustic composition (acousmatic, interactivity
Fee: 500€
Internship/Work Placement: after accreditation
Validating Body: entrance examination
Contact Person: Annette Vande Gorne

Glasgow School of Art

167 Renfrew Street
Glasgow, G3 6RQ, United Kingdom
Tel: 0141 566 1450
Internet: http://www.gsa.ac.uk

MDes in Sound for the Moving Image

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Masters
Facilities: Full 5.1 Pro Tools HD mixing room, Foley room, Location recording facilities, Individual Mac workstation per student, Avid editing facilities, Soundfield surround microphone, Ambisonics 3D sound lab (research facility).
Exact Duration: 12 Months - September to september.
Fee: £4500 UK and EU, £9200 overseas.
Internship/Work Placement: No
Validating Body: Degree awarded by Univeristy of Glasgow
Contact Person: Avril McAllister

Glyndwr University

Plas Coch Mold Road
Wrexham, Wales LL11 2AW, United Kingdom
Tel: 01978 293373
Fax: 01978 290008
Internet: http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk

MSc Creative Audio

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MSc
Facilities: Recording studio, media suite, laboratories
Exact Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Fee: Please call
Contact Person: Mike Wright

Institute of Sound and Vibration Research

University of Southampton
Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 703 592291
Fax: +44 703 593033

Sound and Vibration Studies

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Sc.
Facilities: Anechoic and reverberation chambers, IEC listening room, human dyamics lab, hearing and balance center, signal processing center
Exact Duration: 1 Year
Emphasis: Engineering acoustics, signal processing and control, human factors
Fee: £2,300 (UK/EU)
Validating Body: Engineering and Physical Science Research Council
Contact Person: Frank J. Fahy

Keele University

Music Dept.
Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1782 583295
Fax: +44 1782 583295

Digital Music Technology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.A., M.Sc., Pg.Dip.
Facilities: 3 electroacoustic studios, 1 computer music studio, sound diffusion system
Exact Duration: 12 months
Emphasis: Electroacoustic composition, programming for musical sound applications
Fee: £2,430 (full time)
Contact Person: R. A. Fischman

Digital Music Technology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.A., M.Sc., Pg.Dip.
Facilities: 3 electroacoustic studios, 1 computer music studio, sound diffusion system
Exact Duration: 24 months (part time)
Emphasis: Electroacoustic composition, programming for musical/sound applications
Fee: £1,215
Contact Person: R. A. Fischman

Luleå University of Technology, School of Music

Box 744
Piteå, Lappland S-94128, Sweden
Tel: +4691172627
Fax: +4691172610
Internet: http://www.mh.ltu.se

Master Degree in sound Engineering

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Master examenation
Facilities: Mixing console :Solid State Logic 4040G+ Studer 827 gold, digidesign HD 192, Five studios and four controlrooms
Exact Duration: 4 year
Internship/Work Placement: Piteå Sweden
Contact Person: Jan Berg

Luleå University, Piteå
Department of Music

Box 744
Piteå, 94128, Sweden
Tel: +46 911 72600
Fax: +46 911 72610

Studio Musician

Facilities: University with four campuses
Exact Duration: Inquire
Fee: Inquire
Internship/Work Placement: None
Validating Body: None
Contact Person: Michael Langs

Musikk Instrument Akademiet

Oscar Pedersensvei 16
Sarpsborg, N-1721, Norway
Tel: +4769148350
Fax: +4769148355
Internet: http://mia.no

Veranstaltungstechnik/Musikelectronik

Facilities: 2Concert Halls, Seminars, Exihibitions
Exact Duration: 4 years
Fee: 40.000 NOK pr. year
Internship/Work Placement: Sarpsborg, Norway
Contact Person: Mikkel Schille/ Volker Hunger

Queen Mary, University of London.

Department of Electronic Engineering
London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5346
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 7997
Internet: http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk

Digital Music Processing

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MSc
Facilities: Dedicated MSc Computing lab. Brand new listening room for recording live performances
Exact Duration: 1 calendar year (12 months)
Fee: £10,700 (2006 entry fees) for international students
Internship/Work Placement: None
Contact Person: Kate Dunster

Royal Conservatoire

Juliana V. Stolberglaan 1
The Hague, 2595 CA, Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 3151515
Fax: +31 70 3151518
Internet: http://www.koncon.nl

Sonology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA
Facilities: Electronic studio for sampling, composing, and editing sound
Exact Duration: 6 Year
Emphasis: Electronic composition, e.g. computer music
Fee: EUR 3000.
Internship/Work Placement: After accreditation
Validating Body: Entrance examination
Contact Person: K. Boehmer

Sonic Arts Research Centre

Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, BT7 9NN, United Kingdom
Internet: http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk

MA Sonic Arts

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Masters
Exact Duration: 1 Year
Contact Person: Pedro Rebelo

South Bank University

103 Borough Road
London, SE1 0AA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 171 815 7658
Fax: +44 171 815 7699

Environmental Acoustics

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Sc.
Facilities: University
Exact Duration: 1 year (full time)
Emphasis: Environmental noise including transportation noise, planning, legislation, building acoustics
Fee: £800
Internship/Work Placement: None
Validating Body: None
Contact Person: Bridget Shield

Technical University of Denmark, Dept. of Acoustic Technology

Building 352
Lyngby, DK-2800, Denmark
Tel: +45 4588 1622
Fax: +45 4588 0577

Electroacoustics, Audio Engineering, Acoustic Communications, Architectural Acoustics, Advanced Acoustics, and Sound and Vibration

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Sc. (with acoustics specialization)
Facilities: Anechoic rooms, reverberation rooms, IEC listening room
Exact Duration: 5 years
Emphasis: Inquire
Fee: Inquire
Validating Body: None
Contact Person: Karsten Bo Rasmussen or Torben Poulsen

The University of York

Department of Electronics, Heslington
York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 01904 432365
Fax: (+44) 01904 432335
Internet: http://www.elec.york.ac.uk/ugrad/index.html

MEng Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Sytems

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Master of Engineering
Facilities: Laboratories, recording studios, digital media suite, computing laboratory
Exact Duration: 4 Years
Emphasis: Integrated Master of Engineering
Fee: Overseas annual tuition fee for 2006/7 is £11610
Internship/Work Placement: Optional Sandwich year in industry
Validating Body: IEE
Contact Person: Emma Whitelock

MEng Music Technology Systems

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Master of Engineering
Facilities: Laboratories, recording studios, digital media suite, computing laboratory
Exact Duration: 4 Years
Emphasis: Integrated Master of Engineering
Fee: Overseas annual tuition fee for 2006/7 is £11610
Internship/Work Placement: Optional sandwich year in industry
Validating Body: IEE
Contact Person: Emma Whitelock

The University of York, Department of Music

Heslington
York, North Yorkshire YOI0 5DD, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1904 43 2446
Fax: +44 1904 432450
Internet: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/gsp/admissions_faq.html

Music Technology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.A. or M.Sc. (final project dependent), either taught or by research
Facilities: Small, research-based university
Exact Duration: 50 weeks
Emphasis: Electroacoustic music, digital audio technology as it applies to electroacoustic music, computer programming for music
Fee: Inquire
Internship/Work Placement: None
Contact Person: Secretary, Music Department

The University of York, Department of Theatre, Film and TV

Heslington
York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DQ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1904 43 3600
Fax: +44 (0)1904 43 2066
Internet: http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/tft/pgrad/MAMScppsd.htm

MA/MSc in Postproduction with specialisation in Sound Design

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.A. or M.Sc. (final project dependent)
Facilities: two mix theatres (Euphonix and D-Command), two 7.1 recording studios, ADR/Foley recording studio, Post Production Lab, two TV studios
Exact Duration: 12 months
Contact Person: Alison McManus

Universite De Liege

Institut Montefiore, Sart-Tilman B28,
LIEGE, B-4000, Belgium
Tel: +32 4 3662651
Fax: +32 4 3662649
Internet: http://www.ulg.ac.be

Electronic Engineering

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Ingénieur Civil (Dipl. Ing)
Facilities: anechoic and reverberation rooms, sound absorption and transmission facilities, listening room,electroacoutical transducers measurements systems, computer softwares for acoustical simulations (room acoustics, auralization), in-situ measurements
Exact Duration: 5 Years
Emphasis: Foundation in electronic engineering with several specialization courses in electroacoustics,room and environmental acoustics
Fee: Inquire
Internship/Work Placement: None
Validating Body: French-spoken Community government agency
Contact Person: J.J. EMBRECHTS

University of Derby

Kedleston Road,
Derby, Derbyshire DE22 1GB, United Kingdom
Tel: 00 44 (0)1332 593194
Internet: http://www.derby.ac.uk/

MA Music Production

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA
Facilities: Dedicated studios and auditoria, plus a range of labs for acoustics, sound technology, computing and music production
Exact Duration: one calendar year full-time; flexible part-time options
Emphasis: Music Production
Fee: see website
Contact Person: Dr Richard Hodges

University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Music

Alison House, 12 Nicolson Square
Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9DF, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 131 650 2422
Fax: +44 131 650 2425

M.Mus. or Dip. Mus.

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Mus. or Dip.Mus.
Exact Duration: 1 year
Emphasis: Choice of major and minor courses or 3 minor courses
Fee: Inquire
Internship/Work Placement: None
Validating Body: Univ. of Edinburgh
Contact Person: Convener, FPGS Committee

MSc Sound Design

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MSc/Diploma in Sound Design
Facilities: Dedicated 5.1 studio, location and studio recording facilities, one dedicated Logic or Pro-tools system between two
Exact Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part time`
Emphasis: MSc Sound Design
Fee: £4100 Home/EU £9450 Overseas, + £850 bench fee
Internship/Work Placement: non
Validating Body: non
Contact Person: Dr. Martin Parker

University of Essex

Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1206 8724
Fax: +44 1206 872900
Internet: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ese/

Audio Systems Engineering

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Sc.
Facilities: Lab support facilities include extensive interconnected computer facilities and CAD systems, together with a wide range of test and instrumentation equipment
Exact Duration: 9 months
Emphasis: Analog/digital audio engineering including circuit design, signal processing, IC design, psychoacoustics, plus supporting project
Fee: UK/EU £2,490; £8,125 overseas (1996 entry)
Contact Person: M. O. J. Hawksford

Audio Systems Engineering

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Eng.
Facilities: Lab support facilities include extensive interconnected computer facilities and CAD systems, together with a wide range of test and instrumentation equipment
Exact Duration: 3-4 years (depending on entrance level)
Emphasis: Analog and digital design, audio engineering principles, psychoacoustics, signal processing, and project
Fee: UK/EU inquire; £8,125 overseas (1996 entry)
Contact Person: M. O. J. Hawksford

University of Salford

Acoustics, Audio and Video
Salford, M5 4WT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 161 295 0000
Fax: +44 161 295 5427
Internet: http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/

Audio Acoustics

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MSc/PgDip
Facilities: Anechoic chamber, 3xsemi-anechoic chamber, transmission suite, reverberant chamber, IEC listening room, post production studios & live rooms, MIDI suite
Exact Duration: 1 year full time, 2-4 years part time
Emphasis: Available as distance learning. A postgraduate training opportunity for persons working or interested in those areas in which audio signals are generated for communication or entertainment.
Fee: Please enquire
Internship/Work Placement: none
Contact Person: Mark Avis

Audio Production

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Msc
Facilities: Studios, listening room, anechoic chambers
Exact Duration: 1 year
Emphasis: A mix of technology and production exploiting Mediacity:UK developments at Salford
Fee: please enquire
Contact Person: Jos Hirst

Environmental Acoustics

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Msc
Facilities: Anechoic chambers, reverberation chambers, listening room, studios
Exact Duration: 1 year
Emphasis: In-depth analytical treatment of engineering acoustics and its use in environmental noise measurement and control taught by world class researchers and practitioners
Fee: please enquire
Contact Person: Mark Avis

Professional Sound and Video Technology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Msc
Facilities: Studios, listening room, anechoic chambers
Exact Duration: 1 year
Emphasis: Provides a set of specialist skills across a range of future media technologies, including 3D animation, broadcast standards, audio technology and production, social media and internet streaming of media content
Fee: please enquire
Contact Person: Jos Hirst

University of Surrey

Department of Music & Sound Recording
Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1483 686500
Fax: +44 1483 686501
Internet: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/soundrec

Applied Musicianship

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MMus
Facilities: 24-track studio, Neve V Series mixer, Sonic Solutions editing equipment, SADIE editors, Large classical studio, wide selection of microphones, laboratory, well-stocked library, MIDI suite, mobile recording van
Exact Duration: 1 Year
Emphasis: Studio production of classical music can be combined with performance, composition or conducting. Also music research training
Fee: Inquire
Internship/Work Placement: None
Contact Person: Dr Steve Downes

University of West London

St. Mary's Rd., Ealing
London, W5 5RF, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 8579 5000
Fax: +44 (0)20 8566 1353
Internet: http://www.uwl.ac.uk or http://music.uwl.ac.uk

MA Audio Technology

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA Audio Technology
Facilities: 25 studios, 8 live recording spaces, 8 surround mix rooms
Exact Duration: 1 year (full 12 months)
Contact Person: John Gummery

MA in Record Production

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA
Facilities: The London College of Music at TVU (see MA Audio Tech for facility details)
Exact Duration: 1 Year
Fee: 2008: £5550 (UK & EU), £8700 (Overseas)
Contact Person: Simon Zagorski-Thomas

MA Music Industry Management & Artist Development

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA
Facilities: Opportunities to work with musicians from the London College of Music
Exact Duration: Full 1 year course
Fee: 2009 - £5550 (UK & EU), £8700 (Overseas)
Contact Person: Andy East

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