Acoustical Engineering?

It is a niche field, which is why I guess few universities offer it. I am aware of a number of companies that employ acoustics graduates as theatre consultants, along with architectural companies that want the sound of their building modelled. I imagine it is quite fun, but I assume it would be incredibly technical with a lot of maths and physics.

suffered a mouse slip in the previous post - the mate worked in a hi-fi shop not the guy who proved ducks can echo - dunno what the duck quack guy did during his degree tbh.

Oh I suppose alternatives could include Electrical & Electronic Eng or Mech Eng and pick an acoustic related final year project.

Or just physics

I'm rather old - I did a HND on the other side of the railtracks at what used to be called Salford tech (now I think it's called Frederick road)

Salford uni's nicer than people seem to give it credit for imo - have you been to an open day? it's coiled in the curve of a river and that river isn't even smelly anymore, short walk to the middle of Manchester etc.
On a sunny day it's very pleasant - though usually of course it's not very sunny.

Don't know much about the Salford course but I'm aware of the Southampton course, which looks really interesting. I know a few of the lecturers at the Loughborough Auto & Aero dept who teach/do research related to noise control and acoustics studies at Southampton. My advice would be, apply to Southampton and Salford, but as backups put a lttle research into other departments that have expertise in Acoustics and as another poster said - study a course like mech/elec and look to do as much acoustics as you can during the degree.

I haven't been able to go to an open day no. I'm down South West England and so going all the way up to Manchester would cost me £60-70 AT LEAST and I just can't afford that. So I'm taking my chances by applying there but for its reputation, I want to go there. (As in reputation in Acoustics, I've learnt to not take too much notice in general league tables)

Megabus? http://uk.megabus.com/default.aspx

Can't be worse than the trip I had to southampton for an open day, the train got stuck in a snowstorm on the way home.

I'm sensing resistance to the idea, but it's not far from the megabus stop (shudehill) to the uni by foot. or there's a free bus to salford central station from where it's a shorter walk. or you could get a train from victoria station to salford central station which is right next to the university.

if you're thinking about spending a lot of time and money at a place I'd say it's a good investment to go have a look at it first
(Lecture over)

I stayed in yha's to keep the cost down when I was doing open days- there's one in manchester now but the one I stayed at in southampton has since closed down . These aren't hostels full of smelly tramps btw - it's mostly young backpackers going around europe.

The reason I think open days are a good idea is a slightly subtle one, I think it helps psychologically with the blues that are common when students move in to start their studies (evidence of this syndrome all over TSR for the last couple of weeks) and start wondering what they've let themselves in for.
A lot of them get demotivated and drop out or get off to a bad start at uni.
If you've been to a few open days I reckon you're psychologically in a better place cos your mind knows you investigated at the alternatives and actively chose the place you ended up at rather than just falling off the end of a UCAS conveyor belt.

Just a hunch, I'm not aware of any studies on this subject - not my field anyway, if anyone reading this fancies nicking it for a dissertation they're welcome.

If your parents would be prepared to loan/give you the money for going to some open days I'd take it.

hi there, hopefully you'll be checking this just in case something popped up or because you got an email...
you will have applied by now, but basically, Tonmeister is a good idea, hope you applied there!
I sat and read this whole thread because I was quiiiite bored, but I have come to the conclusion that if you want to carry on musical studies of some sort then I would recommend you go for the Tonmeister course at Surrey, even though your heart is most probably set on Salford. I applied last year and didn't expect to get anywhere, i heard it was incredibly competitive. But they (russel mason) actually just look at your personal statement and call anyone who think would fit in on the course to interview. Having good knowledge of music theory can give you an edge on the interview day (at least it did for me)

basically, it's a pretty special course, all the lecturers graduated from it in earlier years, they have a great music department, great opportunity for specialising in acoustics in the final year, as well as choosing where to work in your placement year, and you take at least one module of acoustics in each study year.

Go to Salford though as it looks pretty awesome, never looked into it before I saw it mentioned here.

Hey
I've got an interview at Southampton for Acoustical engineering on friday this week (ahhh!) and I've had an offer from Salford as well. Have you had an interview day invite??