Music Design, B.Mus.
Music design regards working with sound as part of an overall staging that can be experienced by the listener in a multimedia and multi-sensory way. Music designers work closely with other artists, marketing and product acoustics experts in the areas of brand communication, product development, architecture, media installation, film, interactive application and mobile content in the conception and implementation of this staging. Music designers create sound from the elements (composed) of music, language, sound and noise and can analyze and assess this sound from an aesthetic and psychoacoustic point of view.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) |
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| Duration | 8 semesters, 240 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | B1 |
| 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 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €111.50 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.
Programme selection →What you study
The music design course is offered by the State University of Music Trossingen in cooperation with the Furtwangen University (Faculty of Digital Media). Graduates acquire the academic degree "Bachelor of Music" after eight semesters.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Music designers later work or independently in the areas of composition, audio / sound design, sound direction, media production, project management, conception, audio supervision and sound design for production houses (music, video, computer applications / games, advertising), agencies (advertising -, advertising film, web, event agencies), radio / television stations and music schools.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
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| Semester contribution | €111.50 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | We are looking for creative minds with sound in their blood who want to be different from pure music interpreters: beginners (school leavers) as well as career changers - cracks from the fields of music, composition, sound design, DJing, sound art, media design, scenography. |
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| Language | German B1 — 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 B1 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.