Audio Experience Design
Your sound idea. Your master's degree. Your future.
Part-time Master of Arts | New degree programme starting in October 2026
Bring Your Own Sound Project
Would you like to create something auditory that you have previously designed or researched without sound? Then you've come to the right place: submit your innovative sound idea in the form of a project concept in the field of audio, sound or music. We will evaluate the potential of your idea and how we can best support you and guide you to a successful master's degree. You will have the freedom to realise exactly what has always fascinated you about audio design and for which the academic framework has been lacking until now.
The programme is geared towards creative and curious individuals from a variety of disciplines, such as: Music | Producing | Computer Science | Architecture | Design | Scenography | Economics | (Natural) Sciences | Education ...
What can you expect from Audio Experience Design?
Audio Experience Design (Master of Arts) is a four-semester part-time programme that you can tailor to your own interests.
- The focus is on developing audio experiences at the interfaces of music, sound, language, technology, design, user experience and design research. We support you on both a practical and academic level in designing, implementing and critically reflecting on interdisciplinary projects. The programme promotes both creative experimentation and methodological expertise in order to develop innovative experiences.
In the first two semesters, you will focus on your own project, which will be supported by accompanying seminars on design research and individual supervision by experienced teachers. Workshops with external experts will open up additional perspectives and enrich your work. In addition, you will carry out a smaller, interdisciplinary project together with students from other part-time Master's programmes in order to incorporate different perspectives and approaches. From the third semester onwards, the focus will be on your Master's project, which may (but does not have to) build on your project from the first year of study.
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Design the unreal. Im Master Audio Experience Design entwickelst du immersive Klangräume zwischen VR, Technologie und künstlerischer Idee – als Teilzeitstudium mit Raum für Praxis. Stack your ideas.Im Master Audio Experience Design baust du Systeme, Konzepte und Klangwelten. Ein Teilzeitstudium zwischen Handwerk, Technologie und Vision. | - Look closer. Listen deeper. Der Master Audio Experience Design fordert dich heraus – konzeptionell, technologisch und künstlerisch. Auf hohem Level und in Teilzeit für maximale Flexibilität. | Shape sound in space. Im Teilzeit-Master Audio Experience Design gestaltest du Klang als räumliche Erfahrung, für Installationen, Performances und interaktive Formate. Silence is a starting point. In Trossingen entsteht Zukunft: Der Teilzeit-Master Audio Experience Design verbindet Konzentration, Experiment und echte künstlerische Freiheit. |
What are you taking with you?
The programme enables you to analyse, design and implement interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of audio, technology and user experience. You will make artistic decisions with a focus on innovation, originality and social value (social value design) and develop into a creative, reflective professional who can competently and confidently tackle complex challenges.
Apply – but how?
The Master's programme in Audio Experience Design accepts up to 10 new students each year in the winter semester. The admission procedure for the Master's programme in Audio Experience Design is clear and simple. It consists of two steps:
- First, submit your application with an exposé of your project idea, a letter of motivation detailing your musical and/or creative background, and a selection of your previous work. Feel free to show us the full range of your work.
- If your application fits our master's programme, we will invite you to a short online interview. There we will discuss the final details.
Further information
- General information from the university about the application process: hfm-trossingen.de/en/application
- For detailed and legally binding information on the admission procedure, see: Enrolment regulations
Facts:
- Credits: 60 ECTS
- Standard period of study: 4 semesters
- Scope of study: Part-time, 50% (15 ECTS per semester)
- Start of programme: winter semester
- Study organisation: Project work, a few block seminars in person (max. 10 days per semester), individual support for project development during the semester (primarily remote).
10 Reasons for studying Audio Experience Design
- Part-time Master's degree
- Creative, practical and personalised study programme
- Few attendance days per semester
- You determine the content of your studies
- Individual support for your project (also remotely)
- Up to four subject-specific workshops per semester
- Entry possible from many fields and disciplines
- No tuition fees for EU citizens for first Master's degree
- Simple admission procedure
- State-recognised educational qualification (Master of Arts)