New Music and Interactive Entertainment - Department of Creative Arts

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

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New Music And
Interactive Entertainment

Programme Introduction

The Bachelor of Arts with Honours in New Music and Interactive Entertainment (BAHNMIEJ) programme aims to provide students with in-depth education and professional training in New Music and Interactive Entertainment, proficiency in using various technologies to integrate, design, and create generative visual and motion arts, and intelligent sound and music.

The graduates should be competent interactive entertainment designers and producers with expertise in entertainment experience enhancement through artistic visual and music creation, extended reality technology, and computational intelligence.

What is New Music?

Innovative Musical Language

Composers of New Music often explore non-traditional musical languages and techniques, such as using unusual scales, chords, or rhythmic structures.

Experimental Nature

Creators of New Music are often willing to experiment with new sounds, instruments, or production techniques, and often combine music with other art forms (like visual arts or theatre).

Multicultural Influences

Many New Music works are influenced by musical traditions from around the world, and incorporate these elements into their compositions.

Technological Influence

With the advent of electronic music and computer music, many New Music composers have started using these new technological means to create music.

News and
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News and Announcement

New Music and Interactive Entertainment Competition 2025

Open for Secondary school student

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Our students achieve the 2nd Runner up for the first HKMU Hackathon

The Cultural Affairs section of the French Consulate conducted a tour of the HKMU

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Our students are winning HKD 100,000 execution fund from MetroChallenge 2024.

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Hong Kong Metropolitan University participates in the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum at Cyberport

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Our forthcoming New Music and Mixed Reality (NMMR) studio is currently under construction.

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The programme was granted funding from the “Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme” of the Education Bureau to support its development and offering.