Film Production and Broadcast Engineering BEng (Hons)

Facilities

You'll benefit from a range of facilities that are of the highest professional standards. These facilities were built in close collaboration with professionals from the broadcast and film industries, so that they closely match the professional world and equip you with the skills necessary for a successful career. 

You'll have access to a broadcast-standard, multi-camera TV studio, which has at its heart a Sony MVS-8000G broadcast production switcher/vision mixer. This is probably the highest specified mixer in education in the world, and this model is used worldwide for major sporting events and light entertainment shows such as Strictly Come Dancing.  We have fibre links and to the 4K Panasonic studio cameras with remote control panels and a Dot 2 lighting desk to control the Arri and Dedo lighting. 

There is also a dubbing theatre featuring Avid Pro Tools Ultimate software and 5.1 sound, plus a range of professional documentary and ENG-style camera equipment. 

For cinematography and narrative film, we have Sony F55 and F5 4K 35mm sensor cameras with a range of professional PL mount prime and zoom lenses, along with ARRI lighting, Sound Devices field recorders and a range of professional microphones. 

There is also an editing/grading room with Adobe Creative Cloud, Avid Media Composer, Avid Pro Tools Ultimate and Da Vinci Resolve software. 

You'll also have access to a green screen infinity curve background, several edit suites, plus a 24-hour-access Mac lab. These feature a range of industry-standard software including Avid Pro Tools and Adobe Creative Cloud. 

You'll have excellent possibilities for collaboration with students from other disciplines. This includes musicians and composers of all styles, the recording engineers from the world-renowned Tonmeister degree, and the actors from the highly acclaimed Guildford School of Acting. The course often links with and facilitates large student-led broadcast events by Surrey's student TV society, StagTV. Last year this included Univision, a University version of Eurovision, that was produced during Covid-19 restrictions and was a huge success.  The live event was broadcast with six cameras, backstage interviews, live performances from five universities and guest musicians and dancers (link to Univision). 

We've created a detailed fact file, so you can discover even more about our cutting-edge course. 

BEng (Hons) - Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

We offer careers information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University.

With most jobs in the UK film and TV industry in the south east of England, we are well placed and conveniently located to help you succeed in this sector. 

Our course has been created with industry involvement from the beginning. We will equip you for careers in all aspects of the film, streaming media and television industries as well as further study and research. 

Most jobs in the industry are in-between the scientific and artistic ends, and so our focus on technical knowledge, artistic appreciation and soft skills will give you choices in your career path throughout your life in a changing industry.  

Career possibilities include: 

• Broadcast engineers 
• Directors 
• Producers 
• Director of Photography 
• Lighting designers 
• Colour graders 
• Production assistants 
• Vision Engineers 
• Digital data wranglers 
• Digital imaging technicians 
• Developers and creators of engineering hardware or software for the film and broadcast industries 
• Creative directors 
• Programme researchers 
• Technical co-ordinators 
• Post-production editors 
• Academic researchers. 

In 2020, two final-year students on our course won awards from the International Screen Power Film Festival, Royal Television Society and the Guild of Television Camera Professionals, for their final year production. 

One of our students on placement at ITN was a finalist in the prestigious Royal Television Society Young Technologist of the Year award 2020. 

From a coursework set in 2021, one of our second year students won 1st  prize in an international video competition by Pro-Carton.