Cape Audio College, trading as "The Institute of Sound Technology," is a private higher education institution based in the Waverley Business Park, Observatory/Mowbray, Cape Town. It describes itself as the oldest and most established audio training institute in South Africa, though its website does not state a specific founding year. The college specialises in audio production and sound engineering education, offering training in music production, live sound, radio and broadcast audio, and audio post-production across multiple recording, production, and post-production studios (including an AVID S6 suite, beat factories, live sound labs, edit labs, and an online radio station). It is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution and is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), with third-party sources citing DHET registration number 2012/HE07/002; this number was not independently confirmed on the college's own website.
Qualifications & Programmes
- Bachelor of Arts in Sound Technology and Production (3 years, on-campus)
- Higher Certificate in Sound Technology (1 year, on-campus; pathway into the BA)
- Diploma in Sound Technology and Production (listed by a third-party aggregator; not confirmed as a current offering on the college's own site, which currently lists the BA and Higher Certificate as its formal qualifications)
- Modern Music Production / Digital Music Production (short course)
- DJ Fundamentals / Intro to DJ'ing and Performance (short course)
- School Enrichment Program (campus experience for Grade 10-12 learners; studio tour plus Ableton Live and live-sound workshops; not a formal qualification)
- Various other short courses (durations not detailed on-site)