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AES Education Directory - Central Region, Europe

Type 5 Courses - Masters Degree course (taught) (e.g. MS, MSc, MA, MEng)

Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music, Department of Sound Engineering

Okolnik 2
Warsaw, 00-368, Poland
Tel: (48-22) 827 72 41 ext.220
Fax: (48-22) 827 83 10
Internet: http://www.chopin.edu.pl

Music and Film Sound Recording

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA in Sound Recording (Tonmeister)
Facilities: Professional audio equipment for digital recording and film postproduction. Digital Sound Work Stations. Mic studios. Electroacoustic lab.
Exact Duration: 5 Years
Emphasis: Music Production, Film Sound Engineering, Electronic Music Production. General music education. Entrance examination on music, math, physics. Department exists from 1954.
Fee: US$6000/Year
Internship/Work Placement: 3 Month
Validating Body: None
Contact Person: Krzysztof Szlifirski

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences / HAW Hamburg

Arts and Media Campus, Finkenau 35
Hamburg, D-22081, Germany
Tel: +49-40 42875-0
Internet: http://www.haw-hamburg.de, http://ma-sound-vision-hamburg.de/

M.A. Sound/Vision

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Facilities: Recording Studio, Editing and Mixing Facilities (Nuendo, Cubase, Wavelab), ADR/Foley Stage, Location Recording Gear for Music and Filmsound. Equipment by Neumann, Schoeps, Microtech Gefell, Sennheiser, AKG, EV, Shure, Yamaha, TC, RME, Sounddevices
Exact Duration: 1.5 years
Emphasis: Sound/Vision Master allows for specialization on audio or on video/lighting. Students specializing in sound may focus on music production or sound design, or they may conduct scientific projects in the field of audio.
Fee: none
Validating Body: accredited / state-approved
Contact Person: Thomas Görne

Hochschule fuer Musik Detmold, Erich-Thienhaus-Institut

Neustadt 22
Detmold, 32756, Germany
Tel: +49 5231 975 5
Fax: +49 5231 975 972
Internet: http://www.hfm-detmold.de/eti

Tonmeister Education, Music Recording and Transmission

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Diplom-Tonmeister
Facilities: Recording studios, labs, cutting rooms, transportable recording equipment
Exact Duration: 5 years
Emphasis: 1/2-year-long practical course in electrical industry required. Entrance examination focuses on areas of music, math, and physics
Fee: 90 Euro
Internship/Work Placement: None
Validating Body: None
Contact Person: Andreas Meyer

Institut fuer Elektroakustik, experimentelle und angewandte Musik

Rienoesslgasse 12
Vienna, 1040, Austria
Tel: 0043-1-587 34 78
Fax: 0043-1-587 34 78 20
Internet: http://mdw.ac.at/iea

Studienrichtung Tonmeister

Qualification Awarded on Completion: MA
Facilities: Two 24-track studios w. analogue mid-size mixing consoles (w. automation and recall); 1 AV/Postpro and mastering studio; dig. and analogue multitrack recorders, harddisk recording & editing facilities; access to the "Wiener Musikvereinssaal"
Exact Duration: 5 Years
Emphasis: Sound-engineering w. specialisation: Tonmeister; sound-reinforcement/sound-design; radio-prod.; sound for film & video
Fee: none/ non-EU students: inquire
Internship/Work Placement: 3 months
Validating Body: Ministry of Education
Contact Person: Bernd Oberlinninger, Jürg Jecklin

Technical University of Gdansk

ul. Narutowicza 11/12
Gdansk, PL-80952, Poland
Tel: +48 58 471301
Fax: +48 58 471114
Internet: http://www.pg.gda.pl/eng.html

Audio Acoustics and Signal Processing

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.S.
Facilities: 2 labs equipped for acoustics experiments, 2 professional recording studios, 2 labs with PCs and Unix workstations, and microprocessor development systems
Emphasis: Studio technology, restoration, artificial intelligence, medical applications, multimedia, musical acoustics, pipe organ
Fee: Inquire
Contact Person: Andrzej Czyzewski

Electroacoustics

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.S.
Facilities: 2 labs equipped for acoustics experiments, 2 professional recording studios, 2 labs with PCs and Unix workstations, and microprocessor development systems
Emphasis: Wave propagation, measurement techniques, fuzzy control in acoustics
Fee: Inquire
Contact Person: Andrzej Czyzewski

Technical University of Wroclaw, Institute of Telecommunications and Acoustics

ul. Janiszewskiego 7/9
Wroclaw, Poland
Tel: +48 71 223414
Fax: +48 71 224373
Internet: http://dyraita.pwr.wroc.pl

Acoustics

Qualification Awarded on Completion: M.Eng.
Facilities: Listening rooms, DAT machine, DCC, anechoic chamber, computer sound editor, spectrum analyzer, multitrack recorder, mixing consoles, tape machines
Exact Duration: 5 years
Emphasis: Electroacoustics, sound engineering, acoustics, digital signal processing, sound and vibration
Fee: USD 3,000/year
Internship/Work Placement: None
Contact Person: Krzysztof Rudno-Rudzinski

Universität der Künste Berlin

Fasanenstraße 1b
Berlin, 10595, Germany
Tel: +49 30 3185-2740
Fax: +49 30 3185-2758
Internet: http://www.ton.udk-berlin.de/

Tonmeister

Qualification Awarded on Completion: Diplom-Tonmeister (M.A.)
Facilities: state of the art recording facilities
Exact Duration: 5 Years
Emphasis: Both musical and technical, broad musical education (instrument, composition, score-playing, eartraining), engineering, acoustics, practical studio-work. Highly competitive entrance exam.
Internship/Work Placement: None
Validating Body: VDT
Contact Person: Prof. Wolfgang Loos