Abbey Road Institute is named one of Billboard’s Top Music Business Schools for the fourth consecutive year in 2024. The Billboard feature focuses on our core programme, the Advanced Diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering. The diploma has a music business module embedded within the third term.
The list of top music business schools selected by Billboard is based on industry recommendations, alumni information provided by honorees from our multiple power lists, information requested from each school and nearly a decade of reporting on these programs. The selection focuses on face-to-face, campus-based programmes rather than those delivered online.
Billboard on Abbey Road Institute
‘In the decade since it was established as a music production school by Abbey Road Studios and the studio’s owner, Universal Music Group, the institute has created affiliated programs across Europe and in the United States, Australia and South Africa. The institute’s specialist music production program provides hands-on practical training in all areas of music production, engineering and music-making. Its courses are designed in collaboration with the industry to offer a fast-paced and intensive education that reflects the realities of the business. Its alums have earned multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award nominations. According to the school, over 90% of the graduates of the program in London secure industry-related jobs within six months of graduation.
Among the numerous engineers and producers who have been guest speakers at the institute is Phill Brown, a veteran of sessions with Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Traffic, Cat Stevens and Bob Marley.’
The list focuses primarily on schools in the US. We’re delighted to be included alongside fellow UK educators, including The BRIT School and Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.
You can read the full article and view the complete list of Top Music Business Schools 2024 here.
