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Sound Engineering Master

General information

Application deadline

15 October till 15 November for the summer semester
15 March till 15 April for the winter semester

    • Bachelor's degree or diploma in Sound Engineering from the UdK Berlin or an equivalent programme from another university
    • Special artistic talent
    • german language skills C1 according to CEFR

    • Standard period of study: 2 semesters, 60 credit points
    • Degree: Master of Arts (MA)

Your application – step by step

All of the steps listed below must be completed within the application period for the respective study programme. We recommend that you submit your application as early as possible within the application period so that you can clarify any questions that may arise with our StudyGuide in good time.

  • Register and verify your identity (if you have not already done so) on the UdK Berlin application portal: https://my.udk-berlin.de

     

  • Fee per application: EUR 50.00 (plus fees for international transfers)

    Proof of payment: bank statement or transfer confirmation with value date

    Universität der Künste Berlin
    IBAN: DE 72 1009 0000 8841 0150 46
    BIC: BEVO DE BB XXX
    Payment reference: 35/01036, study programme, name, application number

    Berliner Volksbank eG
    Budapester Straße 35
    10787 Berlin
    Germany
     

    For international transfers:
    Please ensure that you cover all transfer fees incurred (OUR – sender pays costs) when making the transfer.

  • During the application process, you will be asked to submit formal documents. Please prepare these as individual PDF files (max. 5 MB each).

    Formal documents:

    • Curriculum vitae
      • with details of musical and technical training
    • University degree certificate
    • Transcript of records for the BA degree
    • Preliminary examination document (VPD) from uni-assist, if applicable (see FAQs)
    • Proof of German language proficiency at C1 level according to CEFR for international applicants (see FAQs)
      • Application also possible with German B2
    • Proof of payment of application fees
    • Specialist medical certificate with audiogram
      • Not older than one year
      • Physiologically sound hearing (frequency range from 100 Hz to 8 KHz)

  • Log in to the application portal (https://my.udk-berlin.de) and submit an application for admission to your desired study programme within the application period and upload the formal documents.

FAQs and Tutorials

Submitting application documents at a later date

Are you unable to submit your school leaving certificate or university degree certificate within the application deadline? 

Studying without a school leaving certificate (section ‘General university entrance qualification - §11 BerlHG’)

Changing universities / Applying for a higher semester

Recognition of international educational qualifications (VPD and APS)

Language certificates (requirements and accepted certificates)

Help and tutorials for the my.udk application portal

Help and tutorials for the Bemus upload portal

 

 

Portfolio

A Portfolio with at least five productions (audio and/or video recording) have also be uploaded to the Bemus platform within the application deadline. Of these five productions at least one has to derive from the field of classical music and one from the field of popular music. The other records can be from other areas like movie dubbing and audio drama.
The recordings should be documented in writing and be commented in a way that the commission is enabled to retrace and understand all essential decisions concerning the purpose, the implementation and the result.The recordings should have been made mainly under the applicant’s sole responsibility. In jointly created records the applicant’s performance has to be indicated as such.

Upload period: parallel to the application deadline
6 files, max. 10.05 GB
Possible file formats: PDF with 50 MB (for written documentation).
MP4, MP3, MOV, M4V. WAV 2.0 GB each

Admission procedure

What happens after the application?

Admission procedure consists of a pre-selection and an entrance examination.

The preselection consists of a review of the submitted portfolio. If the Admissions Committee deems this to be sufficient proof ofspecial artistic talent, the applicant will be invited to the entrance examination by email.

The examination consists of at least two sections:
● impromptu mixing of a submitted multi-track recording
from the chosen major field of study with a subsequent interview
● Oral examination in which general problems of music transmission and the productions presented are dealt with.