No. AIM courses don’t have an ATAR requirement. You’ll need to have finished Year 12 or equivalent, or apply as a mature-age or non-school-leaver applicant, and from there it comes down to your audition. If you don’t meet the formal criteria, we still assess applications case by case.

For Composition, Creative Technology, there’s no in-person audition; you submit your portfolio online. You’ll need two contrasting pieces, at least one of which should be an original composition score, recorded composition or arrangement, or audio mix, along with a credit list acknowledging all contributors. There’s also a phone interview with a future student advisor.

Musicology applicants submit a 300–500-word personal statement instead of portfolio pieces. Further details will be provided after you’ve submitted an application.

Performance is focused on you as a musician, developing your instrument or voice through one-on-one lessons, ensemble work, and regular time on stage.

Composition is focused on the music you create for yourself or others, building skills in arranging, orchestration, and writing for film, television, and games, with your work assessed through a portfolio rather than a recital.

If you want to perform, choose Performance. If you want to write and create, choose Composition. If you’re drawn to both, our elective system lets you cross-train across streams, speak to our team and we can help you decide.

Composition covers the full craft of writing music, from harmony and arrangement through to orchestration, film scoring, and game soundtracks.

Creative Technology covers how music gets made and shaped in the studio: producing, recording, mixing, mastering, and sound design.

Composition is for the songwriter, the film scorer, the arranger, anyone who hears music in their head and wants to put it on the page or screen. Creative Technology is for the producer, the engineer, the beatmaker, anyone who wants to build and shape sound from the ground up.

The production suites feature vintage analogue consoles including the SSL 4000 G+ Series, cutting-edge digital control surfaces like the Avid S6, campus-wide Dante networking, and specialised Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound mixing. These are industry-standard tools, not scaled-down teaching rigs.

Yes – collaboration projects run across all three years of the degree, asking you to work within or across disciplinary boundaries to design and produce a musical work. In practice, that means Composition students often work with Creative Technology students, and Musicology students bring critical and cultural context to joint projects.

Working professionals, not career academics. Lecturers include engineers and producers who have worked with artists such as Beyoncé, Kylie Minogue, Mick Jagger, and The Libertines, as well as ARIA Award winners with decades of studio experience.

It’s not just music history. The degree spans Western Art Music, Popular Music, Jazz, Screen Music, Game Music, and beyond, and students can also cross into elective streams including Arts Management, Composition, Creative Technology, and Performance. It’s aimed at people who want to understand and articulate what music means and does, and turn that into a career.

Yes, and you can also apply directly to AIM at any time, up to 12 months before your start date. Current Year 12 students can apply for Early Entry and hold a place before exams.