Belfast Metropolitan College

Belfast Met's Music (Production) course is a Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma at Level 3, run over 2 years full-time at the Millfield campus in the city centre. Entry needs 12 tariff points plus 4 GCSEs at grade C or above including GCSE Music (or Grade 3 on an instrument), and applicants must be 16 by 1 July of their start year.

Modules cover Studio Recording, Music Technology and Live Events, Music Sequencing, Composition, Sound Design and planning a career in the music industry, with access to a recording studio and two computer suites running Pro Tools and Ableton Live. The college also runs a separate Foundation Degree, Music and Sound for Digital Arts (Performance and Production), validated by the Open University, which it describes as the first of its kind in Northern Ireland.

Fees are not published on the course page; prospective students are directed to the college's Student Funding team. The qualification is awarded by Pearson (qualification number 603/3071/5).