Australian Institute of Music
The Australian Institute of Music is an Australian private tertiary education provider, with campuses in Sydney, New South Wales and Melbourne, Victoria.
Founded in 1968, AIM delivers education for careers in the Australian music, entertainment and performing arts industries. Its music and performing arts courses offer accredited undergraduate and postgraduate studies in contemporary performance, classical performance, audio engineering, composition and music production, musical theatre, theatre performance and acting, arts and entertainment management.
The main AIM Sydney campus is located in Harrington Street,, with the AIM Melbourne Campus located at King Street, Melbourne. Both campuses offer a wide range of music degrees and diplomas.
, there were 1,300 students enrolled at AIM.
Courses
The Australian Institute of Music offers a range of several courses for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, including:;Undergraduate:
- Bachelor of Music – Audio
- Bachelor of Music – Classical
- Bachelor of Music – Contemporary
- Bachelor of Music – Composition & Music Production
- Diploma of Music
- Bachelor of Music – Music Theatre
- Bachelor of Music – Arts Management
- Bachelor of Entertainment Management
- Bachelor of Performance
- Masters of Music
- Master of Arts & Entertainment Management
Productions and performances
Showcase events – Three times a year AIM stages its major Showcase events, featuring the talents of students across many of its departments collaborative performances, most recently in late 2018 with a performance of the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz, an adaption of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.AIM also regularly hosts performances from across a variety of disciplines.
In 2025 Indonesian composer and pianist Ananda Sukarlan was invited to be the Composer in Residence of AIM which resulted in an increase of popularity of AIM among Indonesian students as well as raising interest in Indonesian music among Australian classical music circles.
Acquisitions
In 2006, AIM acquired the Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts as part of its goal to create a performing arts university through the merger of multiple tertiary independent schools.Notable alumni
- Balawan – musician and educator
- Vera Blue – Australian pop singer-songwriter
- Nicholas Cartwright - Australian actor and Home and Away star
- Casey Donovan – winner of season 2 of Australian Idol
- Aurell Marcella Felicia - Indonesian violinist, member of the G20 Orchestra
- Tamara Jaber – Australian recording artist
- Hannah Joy – Australian singer/songwriter and lead vocalist of Australian indie rock band Middle Kids
- Omid Moheb-Zadeh - founder and conductor of the Sydney Concert Orchestra
- Bianca Moon – composer for CBS-TV Hollywood's Bold and the Beautiful
- Amanda Palmer – director and journalist
- Palmy – Thai–Belgian pop singer
- The Preatures – Australian indie rock band
- * Isabella Manfredi – lead vocalist and keyboardist
- * Jack Moffitt – guitarist
- * Thomas Champion – bass guitarist
- Jackie Sannia – Australian singer and finalist on season 2 of The Voice Australia
- Chris Sorbello – Australian singer, songwriter and dancer
- Evgeny Ukhanov – Ukrainian–Australian pianist and winner of 3rd prize in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2000
- Mark Vincent – Australian tenor
- Tarisai Vushe – Australian–Zimbabwe-born singer in the 2014 production of The Lion King
- Three Wishez – Australian band
- Tiffani Wood – Australian singer-songwriter and former member of Bardot
- Charmaine Bingwa – actress