Sound, Music and Productio, B.A.
Tones, sound worlds and music are indispensable parts of every media production today. Whether film, game or website: music, sound design or voice recordings are used everywhere. The old audio media are developing rapidly, especially on the Internet. With the seven-semester bachelor's degree program in Sound and Music Production, students accompany this change. In doing so, they acquire the necessary scientific, technical, acoustic, artistic and musical skills in an interdisciplinary and practical manner.
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 15.04 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €382 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
In the first two semesters, the course content conveys the technical and acoustic basics of sound design and music production. In addition, the students work in small teams on their first projects. This project orientation will be expanded in the following semesters. The students work in teams on complex topics from all areas of algorithmic/digital sound processing as well as music and sound design production. These projects meet professional quality and workflow standards. In addition, theoretical events and elective courses enable you to deepen your studies according to your own interests.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Graduates of the course predominantly work in media production. They primarily work in creative, technical or development positions. For example in music production, television or film sound, in game design, in advertising agencies, in live operations, on radio or even for media productions for museums and theaters.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Hesse), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €382 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | You like to use your ears. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.04 |
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 15.04uni-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 15.04.2027 (183 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.