University of Art and Design Helsinki recently announced their new MA degree programme:

We are glad to announce the call for applications to our new MA degree programme, Sound in New Media. The 2-year programme is targeted to students who have completed their BA, BSc or similar degree (eg. in Polytechnic/ Applied Science) in sound design or music, or have gained basic sound design skills on the side of their studies through other kind of activities.

Today’s digital products and services - as well as new forms of art and culture - have created a need of new kind of education in various disciplines, also in sound design. Designing sounds and composing music for games, mobile applications, online media, interactive art and virtual environments requires expertise which can be best obtained through domain-specific and yet multi-disciplinary education.

This unique MA programme in new media sound combines art, design and media driven aspects of sound design in the digital era, covering a wide range of disciplines from concept design to live performance and from storytelling to programming. In addition to professors and teachers of the partner universities, teaching resources are extended through our wide international networks in the field.

The application instructions are online at http://mlab.taik.fi/studies/application/#new