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SAE INSTITUTE OPENS WORLD HEADQUARTERS
AND STATE-OF-THE-ART DEGREE GRANTING CAMPUS
IN BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA— New Degree Center offers SAE’s largest University-style campus
with interconnected audio, video, and multimedia facilities throughout,
as well as new Bachelor and Masters degree offerings and electives —SAE Institute, a world leader in audio engineering, creative media, and electronic music education, remains an innovator in the US and abroad with the addition of the new SAE Institute World Headquarters in Byron Bay, Australia. Staying true to the original vision of founder Tom Misner, SAE offers cutting-edge, attractive education options, providing valuable resources to the music and recording industries worldwide.
While SAE Institute has grown over the past 25 years to include 41 campuses worldwide, the underlying theme of maximum student time on state-of-the-art gear has remained at the top of SAE’s priority list. Nowhere is this more evident than in SAE’s new one million square-foot World Headquarters facility in Byron Bay, Australia, which held its grand opening on July 25th of this year. Over 500 leading music industry, business, media personnel, and Australian governing officials were flown in to attend the gala event, along with SAE Institute faculty and staff from all 41 campuses worldwide, bringing together the immensely diverse campuses and resources SAE has to offer.
The new Degree Center incorporates SAE’s largest university-style campus, complete with on- and off-campus student housing, performance space, and over 130 audio/video suites and practical workstations. 31 on-campus studio complexes provide a myriad of studio environments, including 10 surround-capable control rooms. The campus’s main studio features a Solid State Logic XL 9000 K Series Superanalogue™ Console — the first ever of its kind to go into use at an educational facility. Affordable packages are now being offered to students worldwide to come study and live at the new facility or continue their education with advanced degree offerings. Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Degrees in Audio Engineering, Creative Media, and Digital Film are available, and the new complex will also house facilities for newly added elective courses including Dance Music, Digital Animation, and Live Sound curriculum. SAE’s graduates from any campus worldwide can attend Byron Bay’s Bachelors Degree portion in Australia for a full year of high intensity, immersed training.
The Byron Bay World Headquarters grand opening coincides with the establishment of Studios 301 Byron Bay, the latest in Misner’s world-class studio group, which exists as a separately run, onsite professional recording facility and home of 301 Records, Misner’s new record label.
“SAE has remained a leader in pro audio and creative media education through its longstanding tradition of using the collective offerings of our diverse campuses for the benefit of SAE Institute students worldwide,” stated Tom Misner, SAE Institute founder and CEO. “With the new Degree Center here in Byron Bay, we are able to offer our widest range of curriculum and hand-on instruction for students completing any of our multiple degree courses here or furthering their SAE education from campuses abroad. We have designed the campus to give students the ultimate in professional gear and facilities in a completely interconnected environment unlike any other. At this new state-of-the-art campus, SAE is able to immerse students in an all-encompassing environment to successfully foster their technical, as well as creative, skills. This is a facility that will not only prove an effective learning tool for its students, but will also act as the standard for quality audio and multimedia education,” Misner concludes.The new SAE Institute Degree Center Headquarters in Byron Bay offers full audio degree certification programs for $9500 (US) including tuition, furnished lodging, and personal insurance while attending the Byron Bay facility. For further information on the new Degree Center, course offerings, and student life details, check out www.sae.edu or call 1-888-27-AUDIO.
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Headquartered in Byron Bay, Australia, SAE Institute is the world’s first and largest network of audio and multimedia education and training centers. SAE is affiliated with Middlesex University in England. The Institute operates 41 campuses in 22 countries on four continents. It offers diploma and full degree programs in audio technology, recording arts, multimedia production, and multimedia arts. SAE is part of the SAE Technology Group, which also owns and operates Studio 301 recording facilities. With locations in Sydney and Byron Bay, Australia, Cologne, Germany, and Stockholm, Sweden, Studio 301 is a collective group of state-of-the-art recording and mastering facilities.
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— For more information, contact Mark Martin, SAE Institute, 7 Music Circle North,
Nashville, TN 37203. Tel: (615) 244-5848; Fax: (615) 244-3192; Web: www.sae.edu
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