Sound Engineering, B.Mus.
The course in sound engineering brings together a wide range of musical and technical aspects. Students learn about music history, theory of musical form, instrumentation and score-reading and study set works and different musical styles. They attain a basic level of proficiency in the instrumental major and in piano as a compulsory subject and also receive aural training and instruction in music theory. On the technical side students are given a grounding in acoustics, mathematics, communications technology and electro- and digital technology in collaboration with the Berlin University of Technology.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) |
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| Duration | 8 semesters, 240 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 29.05 |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €313.49 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
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
The main courses in music transmission cover every form of sound production and also provide intensive training in technical and analytical listening. This involves students listening to and discussing their own recordings. Normally students choose to specialise in either classical or popular music. This does not, however, limit the subject matter in which they are examined nor does it make them professionally less versatile.
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Eight sound studios, several digital editing systems and extensive portable equipment for outside recordings are available for students‘ use. Collaboration with many other courses of study guarantees a comprehensive and broad training.
What you study
The course comprises a total of 240 credit points.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
In addition to music and language productions, her work areas are audiovisual media productions as well as the sound reinforcement of concert and theater events.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Berlin), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €313.49 |
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 C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 29.05 |
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 uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 29.05uni-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 29.05.2027 (227 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.