Australian Institute of Music

About us

Location Sydney, Australia Funding Type Private
No of Students 1300 Establishment HE Institution / College
Founded In 1968 Estimated Cost of Living 24505 AUD
Address 1 Foveaux St, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia

The Australian Institute of Music is Australia's only private music school totally dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in music.

With more than 50 years as an education provider, the Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is Australia’s largest tertiary music institution and is internationally renowned as a leading independent education provider in the music, entertainment and performing arts industries.

Founded by Dr Peter Calvo as the Sydney Guitar School in 1968, AIM now operates across two national campuses, offering the most diverse range of fully accredited music and creative arts programs to international and domestic students at campuses in both Melbourne and Sydney.

AIM provides industry-leading education that inspires and prepares passionate people, worldwide, to develop sustainable careers. We seek to empower our students by encouraging them to embrace their skills and push themselves further.

Our graduates are staking out sustainable and innovative careers, developing networks and reputations across a range of professions as they carve out their futures in the creative industries.

Our high-quality, fully accredited tertiary bachelor and postgraduate programs, as well as industry short courses, all balance practice, performance and theory – and are all taught by industry experts with volumes of practical industry experience.

Why?

To educate and empower creative practitioners to confidently embrace proactive professional careers in arts and entertainment performance, production and management.
 
To deliver excellence in practice-based learning, teaching and scholarship that stimulates cultural and creative innovation through artistic exploration and free intellectual enquiry.

Respect for passion.

Nurturing individual talent and creative development.

Encouraging artistic collaboration and entrepreneurship.

Fostering innovative cross-disciplinary performance and production.

Facilitation of professional employment in global creative industries. 

Foster cultural competence to engage appropriate and sensitively in a diverse context.