With this 100% online postgraduate diploma you will have the skills to design and calculate acoustic insulation in enclosed spaces"

Music halls, recording studios, radio or television stations are very demanding environments in terms of soundproofing, although noise insulation in buildings is equally important. A relevance that comes along with the concern about the effects of noise on people's health and well-being.  

In this context, technology has advanced in order to improve the analysis and measurement devices, while improving the techniques for the design of spaces. For this reason, TECH has developed this 6-month 100% online university program in Architectural Acoustics Engineering.  

It is an intensive program that leads students to achieve advanced and very useful learning in their professional performance as an acoustic engineer. Therefore, this academic itinerary will allow you to delve into the most notorious advances in acoustic insulation, constructive technical solutions, sound absorption in enclosed spaces or vibrations. Likewise, thanks to the Relearningsystem, based on the reiteration of essential content, students will be able to reduce the long hours of study and memorization.  

Professionals thus have a unique opportunity to progress in their careers through an academic option that is characterized by its flexible methodology and ease of access to its content. Students only need an electronic device with an Internet connection to view, at any time of the day, the content hosted on the virtual platform.  

Enroll now in the top-rated university in the world by its students according to the Trustpilot platform (4.9/5)"

This postgraduate diploma in Architectural Acoustics Engineering contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include: 

• Development of case studies presented by experts in Acoustics engineering 
• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents with which it is conceived provide technical and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning 
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies  
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

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The program's teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who bring to this program the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities.  

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training programmed to train in real situations.  

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, in which the professional will have to try to solve the different professional practice situations that will arise throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts. 

Get a solid learning about the physical principles that are part of the acoustic behavior"

You will analyze with the best didactic materials the sound fields in rooms by means of wave theory, statistical theory and geometric theory"

This university program has been designed to provide the engineering professional with the abilities and skills necessary to design acoustic insulation in rooms, buildings and various spaces of common use. For this purpose, TECH provides a theoretical syllabus with practical application, based on the highest scientific rigor and the latest trends in this field. A unique opportunity for professional growth through a 100% online academic option. 

With this program you will have the skills to carry out the calculation of sound absorption, TR or the critical distance of a room"

General Objectives

• Develop the laws of physical acoustics that explain the behavior of sound waves such as the acoustic wave equation
• Develop the necessary knowledge on the handling of the essential concepts of sound generation and propagation in fluid media and the models that describe the behavior of sound waves in these media, both in their free propagation and in their interaction with matter from the formal and mathematical point of view
• Determine the nature and peculiarities of the acoustic elements of a system
• Familiarize the student with the terminology and analytical methods to solve acoustic problems  
• Analyze the nature of sound sources and human perception
• Conceptualize noise and sound within sound reception
• Distinguish the particularities that affect the psychoacoustic perception of sounds 
• Identify and specify the indexes and units of measurement necessary to quantify sound and its effects on sound propagation
• Compile the different acoustic measurement systems and their operating characteristics 
• Provide a rationale for the correct use of the appropriate instruments for a specific measurement
• Delve into the methods and tools of digital treatment to obtain acoustic parameters 
• Evaluate the different acoustic parameters by means of digital signal processing systems
• Establish the correct criteria for acoustic data acquisition through quantification and sampling 
• Provide a solid understanding of the fundamentals and key concepts related to audio recording and the instrumentation used in recording studios
• Promote up-to-date knowledge of the constantly evolving technology in the field of audio recording and associated instrumentation
• Determine the protocols for handling advanced recording equipment and their application in practical acoustical engineering situations 
• Analyze and classify the main sources of environmental noise and their consequences
• Measure environmental noise using appropriate acoustic indicators

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Engineering Physics Acoustics 

• Specify concepts related to the propagation of sound waves, such as resonances or the speed of sound in fluids
• Apply the principles of noise propagation outdoors and in architectural elements such as plates, membranes, pipes and cavities, etc. 
• Establish the principles governing the production of noise from sources and the propagation of sound waves and vibrations common in the building and the environment  
• Analyze behaviors such as reflection, refraction, absorption, transmission, radiation and diffraction of sound

Module 2. Room Acoustics 

• Delve into the typology of noise and its different treatments
• Analyze and evaluate the transmission noise of machinery and equipment of installations 
• Adapt the insulation calculation models to the different noise typologies
• Calculate the acoustic reduction index of a wall or building element

Module 3. Acoustic Insulation 

• Calculate the axial, tangential and oblique modes of a rectangular room and their influence with the Schroeder frequency 
• Choose the dimensions of a room according to the various modal distribution criteria and to calculate their optimization
• Be able to calculate the sound absorption, TR or critical distance of a room 
• Calculate QRD or PRD diffusers among others 

Delve from the comfort of your home into acoustic characterization and the elements to consider in room design”