About The college | Alchemea college of audio engineering

Producing the next generation of professional audio engineers
Alchemea, founded in London in 1992, has established a reputation in the industry as one of the world's foremost professional audio engineering colleges

The objective at Alchemea is for our graduates to leave us with the knowledge experience, commitment and real world know-how to carve out a successful career in the professional sound recording industry

The recording industry gets more attention, gives more pleasure and inspires more emotion than any other industry and it's driven by the talent, dedication and creativity of professional audio engineers

Alchemea is dedicated to providing the skills needed for the next generation of professional sound engineers


It is central to the Alchemea approach that our graduates should have the skills that potential employers value
Audio engineering is not a conventional profession that can be taught in a conventional academic way

It is a collaborative art form and to do it well requires a combination of technical skill and theoretical knowledge, as well as practical and social abilities

It needs confidence, diplomacy, resourcefulness, teamwork, stamina, plenty of experience and preferably a sense of humour.

The Alchemea method is designed to ensure that there is the guidance, opportunity and the environment and time to develop all of these


Alchemea's courses are designed to give the maximum benefit from practical activity
Some of the most effective learning takes place whilst one is engaged in real world, practical tasks, this builds competence, confidence and employability

Through working with musicians, producers and filmmakers, our students are able to acquire real world skills that make them genuinely employable

Practical activity, always backed up with technical assistance, is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day

At Alchemea you will spend many hours recording, mixing, sampling, editing and sequencing music


It is this practical effort that turns talent and theory into expertise and is the sort of commitment that makes Alchemea graduates so employable
The courses at Alchemea have been designed by industry professionals, specifically to create the kind of graduates the industry really values

Many of the highly regarded professionals working in the industry have learned their skills on the job and are more likely to be impressed by practical expertise, rather than just theoretical technical knowledge


The truth is that the job of a recording engineer is a collaborative art form
Engineers need to be able to use their technical skills in co-operation with others such as Musicians and Filmmakers

The only way to develop these skills is by practice, which is why we provide far more individual practical time for our students than is available at any other college

Alchemea's courses require serious commitment, but they produce results: over 85% of our diploma graduates are working in the industry within 6 months of graduating

Major studios, recognising the quality of our courses, regularly recruit from us


Understanding theory to enhance expertise
Recording techniques and equipment can be used much more effectively if you understand their underlying principles rather than just learning the process of operation. At Alchemea therefore, theory is taught to enhance understanding of equipment operation and audio techniques

This means you can master new technology as it appears and apply it in a wide range of fields established industries such as record production, TV, Film, Radio & Live sound as well as emerging arenas such as multimedia and games authoring

Our tutors have worked in the industry, our classes are small and we've designed practical exercises specifically to turn theoretical knowledge into real skills

Today Alchemea graduates are hard at work in the professional recording industry across the world, talented students come from around the globe to study with us and with the continuing recognition and support of the industry itself, the success of Alchemea's approach is widely recognised.