University Carlos III of Madrid
Bachelor’s Degree in Sound and Image Engineering (Bilingual, Spanish)
Leganés, Spain
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 7,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-European students | for EU students: € 1,500/year
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor's Degree in Sound and Image Engineering at University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) trains professionals to develop multimedia services for networks, process and reproduce audio and video, and design acoustics. It combines practical lab work, internships and a bilingual track with over 50% of courses in English; admitted students must show B2 English in year one. UC3M reports 93.4% of graduates enter work within a year.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work in television, radio, video production, music recording and telecommunications/Internet TV platforms, and in sound and multimedia installations; roles include audio engineer, broadcast technician, studio producer and media distributor.
The goal of the Bachelor's Degree in Sound and Image Engineering is to train professionals in the development of multimedia services in communication networks for the processing, recording, reproduction, and conditioning of audio and video signals, as well as the acoustic design for venues.
It is an ideal option for all students who are looking for state-of-the-art, quality education oriented to professional training. Students will acquire solid technical and technological knowledge and skills for leading teams and projects. The practical classes are held in our laboratories designed for multimedia networks, services, and applications.
UC3M has collaboration agreements for student internships with the top companies in the industry. This degree has a marked international vocation, with the recognition of the best quality seals, backed by its 100% professional placement rates.
Studies with a bilingual option
In this degree, the university offers the opportunity to study in English more than half of the subjects of the studies program. Once you have been admitted, you will choose, at the time of enrollment, the language in which you will study by the following conditions:
- In groups in English, all work (classes, drills, exercises, tests, etc.) will be conducted in English.
- During the first year, it must establish an English B2 level, perform a test, and provide one of the supported official certificates or any way determined by the university. In the first weeks of the course will inform students how they can prove their level.
- The courses offered in English are in the studies program.
- In case there are more applications than places available in English, interested persons will be ranked according to their admission grade.
- If you are enrolled in English and exceed at least 50% of the credits offered at the UC3M, in the DS appears a mention of bilingual studies.
Employability and professional internships
UC3M has agreements with over 3000 companies and institutions in which students can undertake internships and access job openings.
A total of 93.4 % of graduates from this University enter the job market the first year after finishing their studies, according to the 2019.
Year 1 - Semester 1
- Calculus I (6 ECTS)
- Physics (6 ECTS)
- Programming (6 ECTS)
- Digital Electronics (6 ECTS)
- Linear Algebra (6 ECTS)
Year 1 - Semester 2
- Calculus II (6 ECTS)
- Systems and Circuits (6 ECTS)
- Systems Programming (6 ECTS)
- Statistics (6 ECTS)
- Writing and communication skills (3 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities I (3 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 1
- Linear Systems (6 ECTS)
- Electronic components and circuits (6 ECTS)
- Access networks and shared media (6 ECTS)
- Systems Architecture (6 ECTS)
- Advanced Mathematics (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 2
- Communication Theory (6 ECTS)
- Linear networks analysis and synthesis (6 ECTS)
- Communications networks and services (6 ECTS)
- Microprocessor-based digital systems (6 ECTS)
- Electromagnetic Fields (6 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 1
- Multimedia Networks (6 ECTS)
- Video Engineering (6 ECTS)
- Information Skills (1.5 ECTS)
- Electronics Systems (6 ECTS)
- Modern theory of detection and estimation (6 ECTS)
- Advanced knowledge of Spreadsheets (1.5 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities II (3 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 2
- Multimedia Applications (6 ECTS)
- Digital image processing (6 ECTS)
- Digital Television (6 ECTS)
- Electroacoustic and sound systems (6 ECTS)
- Electives: Recommended 6 credits
Year 4 - Semester 1
- Telecommunications projects, legislation, and policy (6 ECTS)
- Acoustical instrumentation and noise control (6 ECTS)
- Digital audio processing (6 ECTS)
- Audiovisual Services (6 ECTS)
- Telecommunication Systems (6 ECTS)
Year 4 - Semester 2
- Mobile Applications (6 ECTS)
- Bachelor Thesis (12 ECTS)
- Introduction to business management (3 ECTS)
- Interpersonal professional skills (3 ECTS)
- Electives: Recommended 6 credits
Electives to choose in 3rd and 4th year
At the end of your studies, you must have obtained a total of 12 credits of selectivity
- Professional Internships (6 ECTS)
- Displays Technologies (3 ECTS)
- Web Applications (3 ECTS)
- Linux Networks Administration (3 ECTS)
- Advanced Physics (3 ECTS)
- Deep Learning for the Analysis of Images (3 ECTS)
- Internet Architecture (3 ECTS)
- Numerical Calculus in Engineering (3 ECTS)
- Visible light communications for the smart industry (3 ECTS)
- Internet of Things (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to quantum communications and computing (3 ECTS)
- Statistical methods for telecommunications (3 ECTS)
- Natural Language Processing (3 ECTS)
- Mobile Wireless Networks (3 ECTS)
- Software Networks (3 ECTS)
- Audio technologies for virtual reality (3 ECTS)
- Music Technologies (3 ECTS)
- Technologies for Autonomous and Unmanned Systems (3 ECTS)
Mobility
Exchange programs
The Erasmus program permits UC3M first-degree and postgraduate students to spend one or several terms at one of the European universities with which UC3M has special agreements or take up an Erasmus Placement, a work placement, or an internship at an EU company. These exchanges are funded with Erasmus Grants which are provided by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education.
The non-European mobility program enables UC3M degree students to study one or several terms in one of the international universities with which the university has special agreements. It also has funding from the Banco Santander and the UC3M.
These places are offered in a public competition and are awarded to students with the best academic record and who have passed the language threshold (English, French, German, etc..) requested by the university of destination.
- QS World University Rankings Top 50 Under 50
- 35th spot worldwide and ranked 10th in Europe, on QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking
- QS World University Rankings
- 319th position on the QS World University Rankings 2024
- QS World University Rankings Subjects Rankings
- Among the world’s best universities in 13 academic fields, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
- QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- Among the 136 best universities in the world for employability, according to THE’s Global University Employability Ranking 2022
The profile of the graduates of this degree is set to learning outcomes achieved in this degree, including, first, knowledge and understanding of the general fundamentals of engineering, as well as in particular those from multimedia networks, multimedia communication services, audio and video signal processing, room acoustics control, distributed multimedia systems and interactive multimedia applications in Audiovisual Systems Engineering within the family of telecommunications engineering. Graduates will be able to carry out a process of analysis to solve problems of recording, conditioning, and compressing of audio and video signals, acoustic enclosure design, communication networks, services, systems, and applications in Audiovisual Systems, and also be responsible for engineering design in Audiovisual Systems, working as a team.
Additionally, graduates will be able to conduct research and implement innovative contributions in Audiovisual Systems, for the capture, processing, adaptation, dissemination, and consumption of multimedia content as well as their associated networks, services, and applications, justifying the scientific interest in this degree. Finally, graduates will have jurisdiction to apply their knowledge to solve problems and design audiovisual systems and networks, configure their devices and applications as well as deploy adaptive, personal audiovisual services, allowing the use of network intelligence elements that lead to the enhancement of the user experience, maximizing the potential of network and multimedia services in the different social and economic environments, knowing the environmental, commercial and industrial implications of engineering practice according to professional ethics; this is vital for the professional interest of the degree.
Finally, this degree provides the generic skills that graduates need to practice engineering in today's society as the ability to develop effective oral and written communication, working in a multidisciplinary framework and equipment, and maintaining professional competence through continuous learning throughout their lives.
- Television companies, radio stations, and video production companies.
- Music recording studios.
- Telecommunication services companies, including Internet television distribution platforms.
- Sound, multimedia, and Internet installations in the music, electroacoustic, and film industries.