Film and Sound, B.A.
Film and sound is unique because two focal points, film and sound design, work together on multiple film projects for a wide variety of platforms, allowing students to learn audio-visual storytelling. There are also sciences, key competences and interdisciplinary design modules.
Film and Sound offers deepening in the areas:
- Film: Director, Camera, Editing, Production, Screenplay, Dramaturgy, Drama, Film Studies
- Sound design: design, technology, audio-visual science, music
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
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| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 01.03 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €314.38 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
In the bachelor program FILM & SOUND, students are trained to design and realize film projects. For this purpose, students working as filmmakers and sound designers collaborate on audio-visual projects in two parallel study focuses.
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The students of the BA program FILM & SOUND are trained in design, technical, scientific and basic key competences to the extent that they are involved in film projects in the fictional and documentary field, but also in experimental and commercials, as well as in audio-visual forms of scenographic concepts as a creative team member can contribute professionally.
In addition to the focus on film with a focus on directing, camera, montage and production, the program also offers training as a film sound designer / film producer with original sound recording, field recording, sound editing, sound design, and Foley ADR, up to the mixing preparation. The curriculum for this major field of study includes modules from the Folkwang University of the Arts Institute for Computer Music and Electronic Media (ICEM) for conducting seminars in music history, acoustics, sound synthesis and electronic composition.
There is a film studio, 160 m2 - 8m high / Greenscren, analog and digital cameras (up to 4k resolution), lighting and sound, editing systems, color correction (Da Vinci), sound editing studios (stereo and surround) and a 5.1 cinema Auditorium (2K DCP) available.
The study of the 7-semester bachelor program FILM & SOUND concludes with the Bachelor of Arts examination.
The degree program was started in 2012 as a successor to the degree program "Film / Television (Camera)", which has been established in the FH Dortmund since the 1990s. Since the end of 2016, this study program has been awarded the status of film university education in the international association CILECT (Center international de liaison des cécéents et cinéma et de television / The international association of film and television schools) with its consecutive master courses MA Film and MA Sound
Career
Those who have a degree in this course of study often work for audio-visual projects, film projects and moving image recordings in various formats and contexts as creative, professional employees in all areas of film and sound production.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €314.38 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Who wants to study this degree program, ...brings along: teamwork, creativity, reflectivity, communication skills, film enthusiasm. ...enjoys creative teamwork and discovering visual, auditory and audio-visual narrative forms. ...battles through: the complex tasks and requirements of the entire production in film and sound. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 01.03 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 01.03uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 01.03.2027 (138 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.