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95 Full-time Master's degrees in Sound Engineering

Acoustics and Music Technology
Taking the science of sound as your focus, you’ll work in a cross-disciplinary environment. In the Acoustics and Music Technology programme at The University of Edinburgh you will use theoretical and experimental work to explore the musical, technical and multimedia applications of acoustics and audio technology.

Sound Design
If you've studied sound or music technology at university, been working in sound professionally, or if you've been experimenting with sound as a composer, designer, sound artist or engineer and are looking for a way to develop your voice, this Sound Design programme at The University of Edinburgh is for you.

Recording Arts
Students in the Recording Arts programme at the University of Colorado Denver refine their skills in sound recording, aesthetics, multi-track recording, digital signal processing, automated mixing, synchronization, stereo imaging and monitoring, mastering and post-production.
Sound Art
The Sound Art programme at Columbia University offers a unique interdisciplinary approach to sonic creativity. This master level course, delivered via a public study mode, focuses on the intersection of music and sound engineering. Students engage in rigorous artistic practice within a world-renowned academic environment.
Music, Science, and Technology
The Music, Science, and Technology programme at Stanford University is a premier two-year Master of Arts degree. Designed for students with backgrounds in engineering, science, or the arts, this full-time course explores the intersection of acoustics and digital media through advanced research and technical innovation.
Architectural Science - Audio and Acoustics (Illumination Design)
The Architectural Science - Audio and Acoustics (Illumination Design) at the University of Sydney will allow you to build a deep foundation in the design, measurement and theory of audio and acoustics with an added specialisation in the lighting design field.
Filmmaking (Sound Recording, Post-Production & Design)
The Filmmaking (Sound Recording, Post-Production & Design) programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, is housed in a new purpose-built media facility equipped with state-of-the-art teaching spaces including a film studio for sound shooting.
Interaction Design and Electronic Arts (Audio and Acoustics)
The Interaction Design and Electronic Arts (Audio and Acoustics) program at the University of Sydney introduces the fundamentals of human-centred design of products and systems, with a focus on interactive technologies and experiences. The Audio and Acoustics specialisation will differentiate your skill set and enable you to work in the emerging area of interactive sound.
Music Production, Technology, and Innovation
The Music Production, Technology, and Innovation program from Berklee College of Music (Valencia Campus) explores cutting-edge developments and forward thinking techniques in music and beyond. While strengthening sophisticated skills on the most current digital tools, students are challenged to disrupt the status quo while inventing the future of music.
Recording Arts and Technologies
The Recording Arts and Technologies M.F.A. at Middle Tennessee State University is a six-semester, full-time programme. It focuses on advanced audio production, sound engineering, and integrated media. Students engage in technical and artistic projects using modern software and hardware in a professional public setting.
Acoustics
The Master's in Acoustics from Ecole Centrale de Lyon provides training in a wide range of acoustic fields, including perception, medical ultrasound, aeroacoustics, air transport, vibroacoustics, land transport and construction.
Computer, Communication and Information Sciences - Acoustics and Audio Technology
The major in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences - Acoustics and Audio Technology at Aalto University equips students with a fundamental understanding of human hearing, audio perception, and physics of sound. The skills they acquire enable, for example, reducing noise pollution, planning harmonic environments and designing coherent sound experiences.
Acoustics and Musicology
The master's degree in Acoustics and Musicology at Aix-Marseille University enables students to acquire expertise in their specialty (either engineering and sound design or musicology and creation).
Music Technology
Music Technology from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving that will help you develop to your full potential.
Sound Design
The Graduate Sound Design program from Carnegie Mellon University teaches students conceptual, compositional and technical practices necessary for creating and integrating audio elements into a production, while encouraging exploration into uncharted sonic territories during the three-year program.
Sound Design
Amplify your audio career with Sound Design degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD's sound design degrees are offered in Savannah.
Telecommunications engineering
Paying due attention to the sustainability of the planned solutions, in setting up the new departmental organizational model, it was intended to give greater weight to the integration of research with teaching, identifying short, medium and long-term objectives. Learn more with Telecommunications engineering from University of L´Aquila.
Sound Engineering and Audio Production
Nottingham Trent University proudly presents the Sound Engineering and Audio Production MS, an innovative program designed to cultivate the skills and expertise of aspiring audio professionals. This MS offers a comprehensive curriculum covering advanced topics in sound engineering, audio production, and music technology.
ReSound European Joint Masters
Discover ReSound, an innovative Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme that reimagines the role of sound in culture, society, and the creative industries. This two-year, four-semester journey goes beyond the screen, elevating sound as a fully-fledged discipline and a starting point for exploring its profound connection to image, space, and experience. *This programme is subject to validation*
Music Engineering and Production
This Music Engineering and Production degree from University of South Wales is based at USW’s purpose-built campus, in the creative centre of Cardiff.