SOUND ENGINEERING, first-cycle

Tests

• ear training and harmony – a written and oral test
• instrument
• media knowledge – a written test
• mathematics and physics knowledge – a written and oral test (for candidates with the
• secondary school-leaving certificate issued before 2006 and candidates without Polish Baccalaureate (matura)
• a major subject test – an oral exam
• an audiometric test – before the tests, candidates are required to perform an audiometric hearing test at the Department of Music Acoustics and Multimedia of the Chopin University of Music

Scope of material

• ear training and harmony:
• a written test in ear training – memory dictation, three-part dictation, harmonic dictation, correction of errors in a music material
• a written test in harmony – melody harmonisation
• an oral test in ear training and harmony – sight singing, recognition of chord types and harmonic combinations, playing of cadenzas, progressions and modulations
• instrument – presentation of a prepared programme (any three pieces, preferably stylistically varied) on a chosen instrument (agreed upon with the Dean’s Office). Candidates’ musicality will be the focus of assessment, not virtuosity in instrument playing.
• media knowledge (a written test) – selection of one of several subjects concerning knowledge about music, cinema, theatre, television, radio, musical recordings and history of culture
• a major subject test – test of candidates’ predisposition to the sound engineering studies, their sonar imagination, sensitivity to timbre and general knowledge of culture and the media
• mathematics and physics knowledge – for candidates with a secondary school-leaving certificate issued before 2006 and candidates without Polish Baccalaureate (matura)
• mathematics – trigonometry, function property analysis and domain identification, equations and inequalities, trigonometric equations, calculus of probability, written — 3-4 problems,
• physics – physical units, mechanics, optics, acoustics, electricity written — 2-3 problems,
• an audiometric test – registration at the dean’s office of the Department of Sound Engineering, tel. (0-22) 278 92 83.
  The examination is free of charge.

Additional documents

• Notes (or photocopies) of the piano parts for the instrument exam (applies to candidates playing an instrument or singing with piano accompaniment). If the candidate does not have his own accompanist and would like to play with the pianist provided by the University – the material is to be delivered to the dean's office by 3 June 2026
• Audiometric test of hearing should be performed at the University (information and registration – Department of Sound Engineering, tel. 22/278 92 83, the test is free). Test dates are available on the University's website.

Details on how the final results are calculated as part of the enrolment process for first-cycle studies for the major of sound engineering

Exams are marked in the 25-point scale.
The final mark from the exams is the sum of:

1. the mark obtained during the major test multiplied by 3
2. the mark obtained from the knowledge of the media test multiplied by 0,8
3. the mark obtained from the ear training and harmony test
4. the mark obtained from the selected instrument playing test
5. result of the secondary school-leaving (“matura”) exam in physics or mathematics or computer science (converted into the 25-point scale) or the mark from the mathematics and physics knowledge test

The maximum number of points to obtain is 170.

A candidate gets qualified if he/she has taken all tests and received:

• at least 18 points as the mark for the major test
• at least 12 points for each of the remaining tests (except the written knowledge of the media test)

The results of audiometric test are auxiliary during the major subject test.

Details of how the result is calculated:

W = 3K + I + SH + M + 0.8P

where:

K     - number of points obtained from the major subject test (at least 18 pts required)

I      - number of points obtained from the selected instrument playing test (at least 12 pts)

SH   - number of points obtained from the ear training and harmony test (at least 12 pts),  

         whereas SH  = 0,5(S+H), where:
               S - the arithmetic mean from marks in ear training (written and oral part)

               H - the arithmetic mean from marks in harmony (written and oral part)

P     - number of points obtained from the written test in knowledge of the media

M    - number of points obtained from the mathematics and physics knowledge test or number of points obtained from the conversion of results from the written “matura” exam in mathematics or physics or computer science into the 25-point scale according to the rule given below

     M = 0,18Mp + 0,7(Mr)^0,5           (at least 12 pts)

where:

Mr - number of percentage points obtained from the “matura” exam in mathematics or physics or computer science on the advanced level 

Mp - number of percentage points obtained from the “matura” exam in mathematics (basic level) and, where for candidates who took their “matura” exams in the period between 2007 and 2010 (advanced level) the conversion is made according to the following formula:

     Mp = (53 - 0.53 x PG) + PG

 where:

PG - number of percentage points converted from the advanced level to basic level according to the chart provided by the Ministry of National Education in the Regulation of 8 September 2006: http://bip.men.gov.pl/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=50 changing the Regulation on the terms and conditions of grading, classifying and promoting pupils and students and performing tests and exams in public schools.

If a candidate did not take the advanced level of mathematics or physics or computer science on their “matura” exam, then Mr = 0