BSc (Hons) Broadcast Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year
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Course overview
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Starts: Sep 2026
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Duration: 4 years
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Mode: Full time
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UCAS code: P322
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Fees: UK: £9,535 (2025/26)* / International: £17,000 (2025/26)*
*Fees subject to change for 2026/27. Course subject to validation.
This respected and distinctive broadcasting degree empowers you to master modern technical production for both pre-recorded and live events. You’ll explore a wide range of broadcasting methods while building a deep understanding of the industry and the core principles behind it.
With the Integrated Foundation Year, you’ll gain the creative grounding, technical skills, and industry insight needed to thrive in this fast-evolving, highly competitive field.
Why study this degree?
- 40 years’ experience: one of the most esteemed courses of its kind in the UK
- Develop the right skillset and professional mindset to work in technical engineering and operations
- Gain practical experience in studio and location operations, signal routing and fault finding through the whole audio-visual chain
- Ideal for future broadcast engineers and TV broadcast crew
- Excellent alumni network of senior broadcast engineers.
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My favourite moment at Ravensbourne so far was our live television show day. It felt like we were all working on a real television show – it was all filmed live and we only had one shot at it. We were planning it for weeks in advance and it all came together so well.”
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Digital innovation has transformed how we consume content, opening up countless channels and new ways to create and deliver it. Today’s broadcasting spans everything from radio transmission to internet streaming and virtual live production — and this course gives you the skills to dive into it all.
With nearly 40 years of teaching broadcasting at Ravensbourne University London, this is one of the most respected degrees in the field. You’ll develop the technical skillset and professional mindset needed for engineering and operational roles across live studios, outside broadcasting and streamed content. You’ll explore both traditional areas — such as digital and satellite transmission, streaming and live events — and emerging technologies including virtual production, UHD, Dolby, AI and more.
Your learning is grounded in industry standards and brought to life through hands-on experience in studio and location operations, signal routing and troubleshooting across the full audio-visual chain. The course covers audio, video, broadcast, streaming, electronics, computing, systems and infrastructure.
By graduation, you’ll have first-class engineering skills built through real-world projects, taking responsibility for technical builds, transmission and problem-solving, with opportunities to step into key operational roles. Taught through a mix of theory and practical sessions led by industry experts, the degree gives you a strong understanding of technical roles, broadcast technologies and core engineering principles.
Our industry connections ensure an immersive, professional experience. Students have worked with partners such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and benefit from our SMPTE Student Chapter activities. No other university offers the same creative and technical freedom to explore emerging technologies alongside industry practitioners. Your future in broadcast engineering starts here.
The specifics
Downloadable course specification*
*Subject to revalidation
Facilities
Our facilities are open to every student
One of the best things about our facilities is that they are open to all students no matter what course they are studying.
Watch the video and then scroll through the gallery to see what else you could use.
Broadcast engineering cross-working
Broadcast engineering students also use our on-site TV studio on collaborative projects with digital production students.
Kit Store at Ravensbourne
As a digital student, you'll need access to equipment relevant to your course that will support your learning.
The Kit Store provides a wide range of equipment that students can borrow to complete their projects. Staff can also borrow equipment to deliver their practical sessions.
It houses a wide range of equipment from industry standard manufacturers, including cameras, audio, lighting, and more.
Staff at the Kit Store are trained in various relevant departments and are available to give advice on all the equipment within the store, to help you realise your project.
Broadcast engineering student at work
Broadcast engineering student on set
Digital television technology
Library at Ravensbourne
The Ravensbourne University library has a large collection of print, online and multimedia resources available for staff and students to use.
Broadcast engineering
Our broadcast engineering students use a range of emerging technologies such as satellite streaming, multi-platform streaming and cloud computing, alongside more traditional principles
Materials library
The Ravensbourne materials library is curated by Material ConneXion, a business that introduces brands to the latest material innovations.
The materials scientists at Material ConneXion select innovative materials relevant to the courses at Ravensbourne and that reflect current trends in design and manufacturing.
Samples of these materials are then added to the library so students and staff can browse the physical collection for inspiration, material ideas and applications.
The library hosts 1,500 material samples and an interactive table for further research and access to the Material ConneXion database.
External visitor information
If you wish to come and see the materials library and have a short tour, please contact us to organise.
The materials library can be used by external students registered with the SCONUL access scheme.
