Producing electronic music, designing sounds, underscoring films and sound engineering - is that exactly your world? On the Bachelor's degree course in Audio Design (B.A.), you will learn how to shape the world with sounds, noise and music.
Audio Design
Bachelor of Arts | Berlin, Munich
Also available at the Munich location from 2025!*
Also available at the Munich location from 2025!*
All Facts at a Glance
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Start:
1st April; 1st October
Model:
full-time
Language:
English
ECTS:
210
Curriculum:
Info:
accredited
Duration:
7 semesters/3.5 years
Location:
Berlin,
Munich
Costs:
from €790 per month
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Show costs split
*New study locations:
Starting in 2025 at our Munich campus (in accreditation)
Learn to produce, compose, and experiment
Designed sound surrounds us in almost all areas of our lives. In our B.A. Audio Design programme you will explore the physical properties of sound and learn how to technically design and manipulate it. You will produce soundtracks for various media such as film, animation and computer games, you will investigate the powerful effects of sound in different environments and become familiar with the entire acoustic communication chain - from the sound source to the recipient.
Become a Sound Engineer, DJ, and more
Audio designers compose music of various genres, create digital sound designs and acoustic special effects, realise speech productions and manage sound recordings with bands and ensembles. They write songs, orchestrate their own arrangements and develop digital musical instruments and apps. Audio designers work either freelance or are employed in a variety of industries.
The B.A. Audio Design offers excellent career opportunities in industries such as:
- Phono industry, labels, studios
- Advertising, media and design agencies
- Audio software companies
- Production companies, TV and radio stations, radio play publishers
- Game producers
They work, for example, as:
- Sound designers
- Music producers
- Audio engineers
- Film musicians
- Composers
- Software developers
- Product managers
Your modules
Audio Design: Your career in music, media, games & soundtracks
In the Bachelor's programme in Audio Design, you will learn how to create professional sound recordings in Studio & Acoustics and how to express your creativity in music and sound design. You can apply your knowledge directly in practical projects.
You will also acquire knowledge of digital signal processing, electronic music composition and editing & mixing. You will also deepen your understanding of digital scoring, music informatics and media law.
An internship or study abroad session as well as innovative areas such as game audio and creative strategies will optimally prepare you for your career in audio design.
We will be happy to send you further information material, including the complete curriculum.
Your curriculum
7 Semester
210 ECTS
Basics - Theory & Practice I
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Studio I - Recording & Acoustics
5 -
Musical Analysis / Music Design I
5 -
Lab I - Studio Composition
5 -
Practical Project I
5 -
Introduction to Sound Design
5 -
Pop Music History
5
In the first semester, you will immerse yourself in the world of audio design. You will learn basic audio engineering, miking and recording techniques. You will also learn about the physical principles of acoustics and be introduced to common DAW systems (Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live). In your first practical projects, you will learn how to build up your own works dramaturgically, realise them compositionally and technically and change their effect through sound design. In addition to an initial excursion into the history of popular music, you will receive piano lessons to improve your routine on the instrument for your own compositional work.
Basics - Theory & Practice II
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Music Design II
5 -
Lab II - Sound & Music Design
5 -
Elective module I
5 -
Practical project II
5 -
The practice of digital signal processing - sound synthesis & effects
5 -
Sound Studies
5
In the second semester, you will deepen your knowledge of music theory and practice. In the Sound Studies module, you will analyse sound design and musical concepts and works and receive an introduction to academic work. You will learn the basics of digital signal processing and apply your knowledge in initial sound synthesis processes. In the second semester, you will also realise a practical project across all degree programmes (e.g. with students from the B.A. Visual and Interactive Media)
Applied basics I
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Introduction to electronic music composition
5 -
Lab III - Audio Design
5 -
Studio II - Editing & Mixing
5 -
Practical project III
5 -
Music informatics
5 -
Media law (music & sound)
5
In the third semester, you will develop your own compositions and analyse current works. You will deal with the basics of music production and familiarise yourself with the everyday studio life of an audio designer, designing software-based musical instruments and interfaces. The media law module also teaches you about copyright, trademark law and licensing.
Applied basics II
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Digital scoring
5 -
Studio III - Mastering & Mixing
5 -
Elective module II
5 -
Practical project IV
5 -
Sound agency
5 -
Languages or physiology / prevention
5
In the fourth semester, you will learn the basics of arranging and hone your compositional skills. Also on the timetable: Mastering, audio mixing and post-production in the studio.
Internship or study abroad
In the fifth semester, students complete an internship in Germany or abroad or study abroad. The scope of each corresponds to 750 hours of student work and is credited with 30 CP.
Consolidation & Practice I
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Lab IV - Sound & Space
5 -
Instruments, Interfaces & Installations
5 -
Elective module III - Department of Music & Sound
5 -
Practical project IV
5 -
Specialisation Project I - choice of Music Technology & Art, Music Production, Sound Design & Composition
5 -
Creative strategies & project organisation
5
In the sixth semester, you decide on a project from the areas of Music Technology & Art, Music Production, Sound Design or Composition and choose your individual specialisation. Your specialisation project will be carried out in cooperation with the B.A. Visual and Interactive Media and B.A. Creative Industries Management degree programmes. You will learn how to develop instruments and interfaces and immerse yourself in production techniques for 3D audio mixing and multi-channel systems. Building on this, you will consolidate your knowledge in a module of your choice from the specialist area of sound: music technology or sound design. Accompanying guest lectures and excursions provide you with important practical input and the opportunity to learn from the experiences of others.
Specialisation & Practice II - Bachelor thesis
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Game audio / film music
5 -
Elective module IV - Department of Music & Sound
5 -
Specialisation Project II - choice of Music Technology & Art, Music Production, Sound Design & Composition
5 -
Skills transfer
5 -
Bachelor thesis
10
Once again, you will choose a specialisation project, but now you will carry it out independently as an individual project. Further specialisation is possible in the areas of game audio, film music and dramaturgy. You will also pass on your knowledge to younger students: you will train your didactic and pedagogical skills in self-directed foundation courses. The semester concludes with the writing of your Bachelor's thesis.
Discover your future in music with us
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Our CORE principle
Apply your skills in real life
Today, soft and social skills are crucial in addition to hard skills and expertise. That's why SRH University's innovative, successful, and award-winning CORE principle promotes independent and active learning so that you can apply your knowledge directly to projects and your future career—for a clear competitive advantage.
Our music programmes for your ears
SRH on Spotify
In our playlist we present current and former students from the B.A. Audio Design, B.Mus. Popular Music and B.A Music Production. All songs were either (co-)composed, interpreted, arranged and/or produced by our students!
Soundtrap Cooperation Project
Joint concept albums with UCA students
Students of the SRH University Audio Design programme and students of the English University for the Creative Arts have created concept albums together using the digital audio workstation Soundtrap. The aim of the project is to create a creative network beyond borders and to strengthen the students' intercultural skills.
Contraction - A project by Maximilian Weber
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Your contact
Arnold Kasar
External lecturer for mastering
E-mail: [email protected]
Emidio Mazzilli
External lecturer for active listening, electric bass, ensembles, music notation software (MuseScore & Finale)
E-mail: [email protected]
Sascha Janko Dragićević
External lecturer for composition, arrangement and orchestration
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Hoare
External lecturer for songwriting and English in music media
Consultation hours: Appointments on request
E-mail: [email protected]