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MA Sound Arts

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What will I learn?

Intensive and specialised, MA Sound Arts at LCC is designed to further the development of your conceptual and contextual understanding of sound arts practice and its discourse.

Course overview

Intensive?and specialised, MA Sound Arts is designed to?further?develop your conceptual and contextual understanding of?practice and discourse relating to the field.

Combining?a strong taught component?with ample opportunities for practical work, you’ll?extend your portfolio within an academic context, engage in theoretical and practical research, develop your creative and critical skills, and?explore?your?personal areas of interest.?

Who is?this course for??

MA Sound Arts?is designed for students who have a substantial background in producing sound-based work within the context of contemporary arts and media practice.??

You may have studied some aspect of sound arts?at undergraduate level,?such as sound design, music technology?or?sonic art, or?have a background in?other disciplines?like?fine art, digital arts,?time-based?art?or performance art.??

Alternatively,?you may?not?have formal qualifications?but?significant experience of producing creative work with?sound?instead,?and?wish to develop this?further?in an academic context.?

You’ll have already achieved a distinctive and enquiring approach to sound arts, and you’ll understand?the areas you wish to develop further in?our?creative and experimental academic environment.

Careers

During the course you will have the opportunity to develop both your research profile and creative practice. Upon graduation there are a number of options. You may wish to apply for a research degree, or you might decide to work in the theatre, films, television, animation, games production or websites.

Some of our students work as freelance sound artists or musicians in a chosen area which could include performance, composition, sound art installation or curation. Others set up their own businesses.

Which department am I in?

University of the Arts London

Study options

Full Time (15 months)

Tuition fees
£28,570.00 (US$ 37,032) per year
The mentioned fee is for 2024/25 entry. There may be a slight increase in 2025/26 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

22 September 2025

Venue

London College of Communication

Elephant & Castle,

London,

Southwark,

SE1 6SB, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants to MA Sound Arts will have a good honours degree in a relevant subject such as sound arts, fine art, film and video or other related fields, or a professional or academic qualification recognised as equivalent to an honours degree. We also welcome applications from prospective students with a background in fine art or other related fields and those who wish to move their practice or research in other areas towards sound art and sonic practices. Language requirements: IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required, with a minimum of 5.5 in each of the four skills; TOEFL IBT overall score 90 with minimum listening - 17, reading - 18, writing - 17, speaking - 20.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University of the Arts London

University of the Arts London has ranked second in the world in Art and Design for the fifth year in a row in the 2023 QS World University Rankings

  • Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for its Foundation Diploma
  • Ranked number one university in the UK for producing leaders
  • Seventh greenest university in the UK, ranking top for arts
  • UAL alumni have won awards including Golden Globes and Oscars

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