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Sound Design MSc Part Time Distance learning

Edinburgh Napier University · Music, Edinburgh Napier University · No campus · institution based in United Kingdom

Official program pageRequest information
Official award
Sound Design MScMSc
Subject
Audio Engineering and Recording
Format
Fully online27-39 months part-time (12 months full-time)
Tuition
Not published

About this program

An online part-time master's in sound design for audio professionals, with taught modules and a dissertation; the page also lists full-time distance and on-campus versions of the MSc.

Department
Music, Edinburgh Napier University
Awarding body
Not stated on the pages we checked

Award and subject

The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.

Official award
Sound Design MScMSc
Award family
MS / MScA Master of Science (MS or MSc), for example in music technology or audio.
Qualification level
Master’s degree
Qualification standing
Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
Orientation
Orientation not published
Previous degree required
Not published
Subject links
SubjectRelationshipDetail
Audio Engineering and RecordingDedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject.

Accreditation, validation and recognition

Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.

No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.

Study structure

Delivery
Fully onlineAll academic instruction and assessment are online, with no mandatory residency or campus attendance. Check live sessions, how individual lessons, ensembles and recitals work, and enrolment restrictions.
Online instruction
Fully online instruction
Mandatory campus attendance
No
Individual lessons
Some modules involve one to one meetings using communication technology
Live attendance
Live attendance not published
International enrolment
Not published
Study mode
Part-time
Duration
27-39 months part-time (12 months full-time)
Intakes
September 2027

Teaching language

Taught in
English
English
English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.

Admissions

Audition
Audition requirement not published
Portfolio
Portfolio requirement not published
Interview
Not published

Fees and costs

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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.

Sources and verification

Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, audition requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.

Sources and how this was checked

Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.

Sources (checked 25 October 2026)

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