Film: Editing Bild & Ton, B.A.
As creative filmmakers and co-authors of an audiovisual narrative, ifs graduates contribute significantly to the creation of a story with their professional image montage and sound design. You are able to work on a concept for image editing and sound design as early as the material development phase, to adopt the design specifications of the script and staging in the final production and to make artistic decisions in terms of dramaturgy and rhythm in dialogue with the director. They convince through their ability to reflect, their communication skills and an artistic handwriting that always knows how to serve the narrative.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
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| Duration | 7 semesters, 210 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.03 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 / semester |
| Semester contribution | €250 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
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The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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The editor in picture & sound is responsible for the entire post-production process up to the completion of an audio-visual work in cooperation with the direction and production.
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The job requires a high degree of empathy and specialist knowledge.
A critical distance from the script and staging is also necessary, because the audiovisual concept can only be checked and experienced in the cutting room.
The editor must be able to judge the effect of scenes from the first cut version (here fundamental decisions are made with regard to the dramaturgy and narrative form) to the fine cut (marginal changes such as lengthening or shortening a sequence, which change the tempo, rhythm and timing of the film are finally worked out). The selection of music and sound sequences parallel to the picture is also one of the tasks.
The professional fields in the field of film sound include, among other things, the original sound recording on the set as well as the subsequent recording of speech and noises and their processing. The creation of spatiality and intensity by means of consciously and unconsciously perceived sound signals is used in sound design, where dialogue, atmosphere, sound effects and music are used as dramaturgical elements, processed and finally brought together in a main mix. Digital systems for image and sound processing are constantly changing and require editors and sound designers to continue their education.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €250 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.03 |
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 B2 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 directly to the university until 15.03Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 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.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.03.2027 (152 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.