Semester I
6 subjects- Ableton I
- Mixing I
- Audio Synthesis I — Vital
- Vocal I — Practical
- Music Theory I
- Communication Skills
Admissions open — 2026 / 2027
B.Sc in Sound Process Engineering
Three years in the studio, not the lecture hall. Learn to record, mix, master and design sound on the tools the industry actually runs on — Ableton Live, Pro Tools, FL Studio and Logic Pro.
- 3Years, six semesters, full-time on campus
- 36Subjects, ending on a live industry internship
- 15+DAWs, synths and plug-in suites taught hands-on
- 600+Students placed across all IIFA programmes
Programme overview
A balanced sound is the whole job
Sound process engineering is the craft behind everything you hear on a record, a film or a stream — capturing it, balancing it, shaping it, and finishing it so it holds up on every system it lands on.
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The degree covers that whole chain: recording a live performance, balancing and correcting it, layering effects and reinforcement, and mastering the result. You will work across music, film and television, web series, animation, podcasts and games — because in practice a working engineer moves between all of them.
IIFA teaches this as a studio subject. The syllabus is built around practical training, so that when something goes wrong in a session — and it will — you can hear what is wrong and fix it, rather than recognise it from a textbook.
Curriculum
Six semesters, thirty-six subjects
Every skill is taught in a graded sequence — mixing runs across four semesters, music production across three — and the final semester ends on a placement with a working studio.
Year one
Semester II
6 subjects- Ableton II
- Mixing II
- Audio Synthesis II — Vital
- Vocal II — Practical
- Music Theory II
- Environmental Studies
Year two
Semester III
6 subjects- FL Studio I
- Mixing III
- Music Production I — Pop
- Songwriting I
- Logic Pro
- Genres in Music
Semester IV
6 subjects- FL Studio II
- Mixing IV
- Music Production II — Hip-Hop
- Songwriting II
- Studio Acoustics for Soundproofing
- Genres in Music II
Year three
Semester V
6 subjects- Pro Tools I
- Mastering I
- Music Production III — EDM
- Intellectual Property
- Microphones & Instrument Miking
- Studio Recording — Practical
Semester VI
6 subjects- Pro Tools II
- Mastering II
- Music & Mental Health
- Mixing Podcasts & Other Media
- Sound Design & Foley
- Internship
Software covered
The tools the industry actually opens
Five digital audio workstations, not one — because studios in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore do not agree on which to use, and you should be employable in all of them.
Digital audio workstations
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Ableton Live
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Pro Tools
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FL Studio
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Logic Pro
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Adobe Audition
Synthesis & sound design
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Vital
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Tyrell N6
Techniques
- Wavetable synthesis
- Foley recording
Mixing & mastering
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Waves
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FabFilter
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Valhalla
Techniques
- Compression
- Saturation
- Reverb
- Delay
- Noise removal
- Podcast editing
- Dialogue editing
- Parametric EQ
- Graphic EQ
- Multiband dynamics
Careers & scope
Where this degree takes you
Demand for sound professionals keeps rising as more content is made for streaming, gaming and live events — and every one of them needs someone who can make it sound right.
Roles you can move into
- Sound Engineer
- Audio Engineer
- Live Sound Engineer
- Monitor Sound Engineer
- Studio Recordist
- Studio Technician
- Studio Manager
- Assistant Engineer
- Production Assistant
- Acoustic Consultant
- Digital Remastering Engineer
- Sound Designer
- Radio Sound Engineer
- Promo Producer
- Multimedia Developer
- Studio Designer
- Systems Engineer
- Digital Media Entrepreneur
Industries that hire
- Film
- Music
- Television & radio broadcasting
- Sound recording
- Online gaming
- Motion picture & video
- Performing arts companies
- Live events & event management
- Corporate events
- Sporting
- Cinema halls
- Media arts
- Engineering & technology
- Technical consulting
- Colleges & universities
Earnings. In India a sound engineer’s salary starts from around ₹6 lakh per annum and rises with experience and the studio you work for. In the United States, sound engineering technicians earned a median of $53,520 in 2020, with the top quarter above $77,410.
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Admissions 2026–27
Where Your Sound Career Begins
Seats on the B.Sc in Sound Process Engineering are limited by studio capacity. Register and the admissions team will call you back with the fee break-up, scholarship options and the next batch date.
How to Apply
- 1Register onlineCreate your profile on the IIFA admissions portal
- 2Choose the programmeB.Sc in Sound Process Engineering, 2026–27 intake
- 3Submit documentsUpload your 12th / PUC marks card and complete the form
- 4Counselling & seat confirmationTalk to the department, then confirm your seat