Course summary

This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Enhance your musical creativity with innovative artistic practices and progressive technology, ready to grasp professional opportunities in films, games, digital media and the recording industries. Through this course, you'll develop your creative practice alongside your digital literacy, and get to grips with the industry-standard software and processes you’ll use in a musical career. You'll hone your skills in enhancing your musical talent with advanced studio equipment, such as our Solid State Logic editing pods, Dolby Atmos Surround Sound Studio, and our CCIXR extended reality suite, preparing yourself for modern composition and production practice. You'll be able to take industry certification in Protools and WWise, as we have certified school status, and you'll have access to the only Buchla System 7 synthesiser in a European university. By studying with academics who are practising professionals, working in both the technical and instrumental sides of the industry, you'll build your network of contacts alongside the skills to impress them through your career Course Highlights

• Develop your musical skills and learn to showcase your creativity with emerging technology

• Access professional qualifications through our certified school status

• Use Solid State Logic editing pods, Dolby Atmos Surround Sound Studio and further key audio technologies

• Develop professional abilities with industry software and hardware, and grow your network of contacts through peers and lecturers

• Explore routes into career fields like computer games, animation or further research