Program Overview

Program Overview

The Audio Communication and Technology master's program provides students with the technical knowledge and methods needed to analyze acoustic and medial communication processes in all their technical, psychological, artistic, and social aspects.

Program Details

• Degree: Master of Science
• Standard period of study: 4 semesters
• Credit points: 120
• Program start: Winter semester
• Admission: Open admission
• Language of instruction: German

Admission Requirements

The formal admission requirement for the Audio Communication and Technology Master's programme is a first university degree in a science, engineering, humanities, social science, arts, business, or law programme, or an equivalent teaching degree. In addition, students must demonstrate:

• Knowledge of higher mathematics (analysis, linear algebra) at the level of the basic lectures of a science or engineering degree (at least 10 LP)
• Knowledge of a programming language or a computer algebra system through course components in the previous degree or through evidence acquired outside a university
• German skills at level C1 for admission
• English language skills at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Program Structure

The master's study program consists of:

• A basic component (12 credits)
• A compulsory component (36 credits)
• An advanced component (18 credits)
• An elective component (24 credits)
• A master's thesis (30 credits)

Study and Examination Regulations

The current version of the study and examination regulations applies to university applicants. Older versions are also available.

Content and Modules

The master's degree program in Audio Communication and Technology consists of modules that combine curriculum content on a specific topic and often include various study and teaching formats. The academic chairs involved in the master's program conduct research and teaching in fields such as:

• Technical acoustics, electro-acoustics, room acoustics, numerical acoustics
• Virtual acoustics and 3D audio technologies
• Digital audio signal processing
• Musical acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music psychology
• Electro-acoustic music, computer music, and sound art
• Audio and video data compression
• Quality and usability
• Media history and theory

Internships

Students are required to complete a mandatory media internship lasting at least 4 weeks. They have the opportunity to complete further internships in the compulsory elective and elective components of the curriculum.

Stays Abroad

The program is designed to allow students to complete a stay abroad and still finish the study program within the standard period of study. The study abroad officer at the Faculty will assist students in choosing a university and putting together a course schedule.

Acquired Skills

Graduates of the program acquire technical skills in areas such as language and communication, empirical and numerical methods of technical acoustics, psychoacoustics, digital signal processing, and metrology. They are able to conduct scientific work in a reflective manner, assess such work critically, and apply it to the market.

After Graduation

Graduates of the master's program are qualified for careers in acoustic communication, particularly with regards to production, transmission, design, and effect, and their interfaces. This includes fields of work such as acoustic and electroacoustic planning and consulting, signal processing of audiovisual content, software development in the field of music informatics, planning and realization of acoustic media art, and medial market research.