Our Music Production degree offers practical and industry-focused teaching in our professional-level music studios in Manchester. This course will introduce you to everything from composing and arranging, and recording and mixing tracks for a range of different media. You’ll also develop a clear and professional presence for yourself as a music producer. Whatever your preferred style or approach is to making music, our Music Production degree will give you the freedom to explore your skills, expand your knowledge and grow as a producer. You’ll have a portfolio that really shows what you are capable of.
With live industry projects, expert tutors and state-of-the-art music studios available to you, there is no doubt that with a passion for what you’re doing, you can achieve your creative goals during your time here.
About Spirit Studios
Spanning over four decades of iconic music history in Manchester, our early days as a commercial recording studio and rehearsal space saw the likes of local legends The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Simply Red and many more passing through our doors.
Spirit Studios then became the first music production and sound engineering school in the UK (formerly known as School of Sound Recording), and since then we’ve continued to nurture the next generation of producers, engineers, artists and business owners.
Our purpose-built facilities, expert insight, professionally active tutors and creative partnerships enable us to offer the most up to date and relevant training, and provide you with real career opportunities.
YEAR 1:
Composition and Arrangement
Recording Techniques & Technologies
Career Focus 1 – The Online Musician
YEAR 2:
Composition and Production
Recording and Production
Music, Sound, Image
Career Focus 2 – Live Brief
YEAR 3:
Composition and Innovation
Advanced Recording and Production
Major Project – Music and Multimedia
Career Focus 3 – Professional Preparation
We pride ourselves on providing a variety of assessment methods; these are balanced between industry standards and an academic range that is aimed at varied student profiles and abilities.
Some modules may include on overall portfolio, others may have several varied assessments that encompass practical and written elements. Students may work on a solo project or also have the opportunity to work collaboratively in class or within external partnerships. All portfolios and written material are submitted electronically via the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), practical exams are undertaken within studio or venue settings on a live basis. Feedback is delivered electronically directly to the student in a written and matrix format. There is opportunity to discuss your feedback in a one-to-one tutorial.
We use a variety of the following assessment methods:
• Portfolios
• Practical coursework
• Practical Exams
• Presentations
• Written Tests
• Written Reports
• Written Essays
• Professional Discussions
• Viva Voce
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Lancashire has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
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| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date) |
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Please note the fee for Year 1 is £9,790. The fee for Year 2 is £10,050. Fees for Year 3 will be £10,050 plus inflation linked increases, in line with the government fee cap.
Email:CEnquiries@lancashire.ac.uk
Phone:01772830777
Monday-Thursday 09:00-17:00hrs
Friday 09:00-16:00hrs
Email:enquiries@spiritstudios.co.uk
Phone:0161 276 2118
Preston
PR1 2HE
At University of Lancashire
