Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems
Electronic engineering with music technology systems is a combination that reflects the deep technical connections between electronic engineering and audio. Music technology is built on electronic engineering: synthesisers, audio processors, digital audio workstations, and the entire infrastructure of modern sound recording and reproduction depend on engineering principles drawn from signal processing, embedded systems, analogue circuit design, and digital electronics. Studying both together gives you the ability to understand and create audio technology at a fundamental level, going beyond the use of existing tools to the design and engineering of new ones.
At the University of York, this three-year full-time programme gives you access to outstanding facilities, including computer design labs, multi-speaker surround sound systems, multimedia studios, and an anechoic chamber. You will explore synthesiser technology, MIDI, audio recording, sampling, and digital audio signal processing, learning how this technology is applied in the making and recording of music while also developing the engineering expertise to design and build the next generation of audio technology. A sandwich placement year and work placement opportunities are built into the degree, giving you direct professional experience in the audio or electronics industry alongside your academic training.
You will develop a combination of electronic engineering skills, including circuit design, signal processing, embedded systems, and programming, alongside specialist knowledge in audio technology and music systems. York has a strong research profile in both electronic engineering and music technology, and the programme benefits from that intellectual environment.
Graduates from this programme pursue careers in audio electronics, music technology product development, sound engineering, broadcasting, games audio, the music industry, and consumer electronics. Many move into engineering roles in companies designing or manufacturing audio equipment, or into production and post-production in music and film. Postgraduate study in audio engineering, acoustics, or electronic engineering is a natural continuation.