Bachelor of Arts - Music Technology (Honours) (with placement year)

The sandwich Music Technology route places students in a salaried technical role between the taught levels, extending the degree to four years, with the academic programme matching the standard course across synthesis, audio programming, studio and live technology, and creative practice.

Placements concentrate where audio meets engineering: music technology manufacturers, audio software developers, systems integrators, venues and game studios, and the year builds diagnostic and problem-solving experience that pure creative practice does not develop.

Placement targeting for this course rewards looking beyond music: audio technology manufacturers, AV integration companies, live-event technical suppliers and game developers all take placement students and all pay properly, whereas recording studios rarely can. Students who spend the year in a technical environment return with diagnostic skills and professional references that convert directly into salaried employment. The source records a four-year structure including the placement, at the standard £17,300 taught-year fee across three recorded September cycles, with the reduced placement-year charge confirmed at offer stage as usual, and technical facilities remaining available for final-year project work on return.

Returning students bring technical credibility into final-year projects — systems that work reliably rather than only in demonstration — and hold references from technical managers, which counts heavily in a field where employers must trust a junior with expensive equipment and live deadlines.

The placement salary offsets the extra year and frequently converts into graduate employment with the host. Completion around 2030 falls under the 18-month Graduate Route settlement governing post-2026 applications, and taught-route students cannot bring dependants at any stage.