page_title: Salford Acoustics
section_title: History and current structure
hierarchical_section_title: Salford Acoustics / History and current structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Measuring a diffuser in the anechoic chamber at University of Salford
context_page_description: Salford Acoustics offers Acoustics and Audio Engineering Courses, undertakes public and industrial research in acoustics, carries out commercial testing, and undertakes activities to engage the public in acoustic science and engineering. It is based in two locations: 3 km west of Manchester city centre, UK, in the Newton Building on the Peel Park Campus of the University of Salford, and on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal at MediaCityUK.
context_section_description: The first acoustic laboratories were established in Salford in 1965; in the early 1970s the Department of Applied Acoustics was formed. In 1996 the University merged with University College Salford and a Department of Acoustic and Audio Engineering was formed. A couple of years later, this joined with another department to form Acoustic and Electronic Engineering. Finally, when the University greatly reduced the number of schools in the organisation, Salford Acoustics joined the School of Computing, Science and Engineering. Research work comes under the auspices of the Acoustics Research Centre.
caption: The second anechoic chamber at University of Salford
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