Bachelor of Engineering Audio and Video

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Engineering in Audio and Video at Hochschule Düsseldorf combines technical and artistic skills, integrating sound engineering with musical instruction from the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. The program balances technology and science with creativity and art theory, providing a foundation for a wide range of media-related careers, including audio recording, music production, and sound design.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Engineering in Audio and Video at Hochschule Düsseldorf (HSD) is a unique German program combining technical and artistic skills. The program balances technology and science with creativity, design, and art theory. HSD provides technical skills training, while RSH offers artistic and musical qualifications. An artistic, musical aptitude test at RSH is an admission requirement. The curriculum blends diverse subjects: classical music recording with media composition, musicology with physics, and communications engineering with multi-camera production. The language of instruction is mainly German.

Outline:

The program spans eight semesters.

• Semesters 1–2: Mathematics, Physics, Practical Training: Physics, Basics of Sound Production, Basic Audiovisual Design, Instrument/Voice, Music Theory.
• Semesters 7–8: Optional: External Semester, Compulsory Elective Modules, Bachelor’s Thesis and Colloquium.
The technical part includes traditional engineering topics like mathematics and physics, and specialized subjects such as sound engineering. The artistic, creative part includes musicology, design elements, and musical instrument classes.

Teaching:

HSD teaches the technical skills, while RSH provides the artistic and musical qualification. The program integrates practical training in physics and informatics/electrical engineering. The language of instruction is mainly German.

Careers:

The program provides a qualification for sound or video engineering, but also serves as a foundation for various media-related fields due to its diverse syllabus. Possible career paths include: audio recording, music informatics, development and distribution of audio and video technology, manufacturing of electronic musical instruments, software development, music production, event realization, sound systems, room and building acoustics, noise protection, film soundtracks and film mixing, computer game design, audio and video editing, outside sound and TV broadcasting, studio engineering (audio and video), sound in science and research, media production and design, 3D audio, 3D video and virtual reality, theatre engineering, music composition, artistic sound design, industrial sound design, and vehicle acoustics.

Other:

The program requires an artistic, musical aptitude test as an admission requirement, conducted at RSH.