Entertainment Engineering postgraduate courses

If you want to set yourself apart as a high-calibre, well trained and forward-thinking audio engineer, studying at Derby is a sound decision. 

Postgraduate Entertainment Engineering courses

Iustin Sandu working at a sound desk

Audio Engineering graduate joins research team at world-leading company

Iustin Sandu has achieved his dream – becoming part of the research and development team at one of the world-leading audio system manufacturers, d&b audiotechnik in Germany, after completing our MSc Audio Engineering.

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Our postgraduate course will equip you with sought-after skills and knowledge, ensuring you are ideally positioned to remain at the leading edge of audio technology throughout your career.

Experienced teaching team: Our experienced and supportive lecturers have an international profile: their research into underwater acoustics even featured on Blue Planet II. We also have lecturers who have extensive experience as live sound engineers for bands such as The Prodigy. 

State-of-the-art facilities: You will have the opportunity to conduct your own research in our 3D multichannel sound rooms, hemi-anechoic chamber, virtual reality cave, live event production spaces and fully-equipped analogue and digital electronics laboratories.

Real-world learning: Because we maintain close links with local, national and international industry, as well as the leading professional bodies, our teaching remains contemporary and relevant. We regularly invite representatives from industry to give guest lectures and masterclasses.

Opportunities

Our academic team are research-active and a recent project both BSc (Hons) Sound, Light and Live Event Engineering and MSc Audio Engineering students were able to get involved in was the Odyssey project with Plus One Derby and Derby Theatre.

Bruce Wiggins and a selection of students provided the Live Ambisonic, speaker-based immersive audio system for this. We're delighted that the project has won Digital Project of the Year at The Stage Awards 2023. The judges believed The Odyssey stood out for the way it used an immersive digital VR experience to make the arts more accessible to a previously under-served group of participants across the care sector.

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Postgraduate Open Events

Join us at an upcoming on-campus Postgraduate Open Event, where you will get the opportunity to meet our expert academics and find out more about your course.

Next Open Event: Wednesday 8 May, 3pm - 6pm

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