Founded in 1968, AIM delivers education for careers in the Australian music, entertainment and performing arts industries.

[2] The main AIM Sydney campus is located in Harrington Street, The Rocks, with the AIM Melbourne Campus located at King Street, Melbourne.

Both campuses offer a wide range of music degrees and diplomas.

[4] The Australian Institute of Music offers a range of several courses for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, including:[5] 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.

[7] In 2006, AIM acquired the Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) as part of its goal to create a performing arts university through the merger of multiple tertiary independent schools.