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BIMM University
Former name	Brighton Institute of Modern Music (2001–2010), British and Irish Modern Music Institute (2011–2017), BIMM Institute (2018–2022)
Type	Creative industries university
Established	2001
Vice-Chancellor	David Jones-Owen
Provost	Louise Jackson
Students	8,000
Location	Brighton, London, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Essex, Dublin, Berlin
Campus	Multiple sites
Language	English
Website	bimm.university

BIMM University (BIMM) is a private university specialising in music, film, performing arts and creative technology. The university is principally based in the United Kingdom with other centres in Ireland and Germany.

It is organised into four academic schools: BIMM Music Institute, Institute for Contemporary Theatre, Screen and Film School, and Performers College. Courses are delivered at eight city-based campuses located across the UK, Ireland and Germany.

It was founded in 2001 as the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, changing its name to the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in 2011 upon the opening of its Dublin campus, before shortening to BIMM Institute in 2018.

It was granted university status in 2022, and the name changed to the present one.

History

BIMM was founded in 2001 by Damian Keyes, Kevin Nixon, Bruce Dickinson and Sarah Clayman who subsequently sold the institute to Sovereign Capital in March 2010.

In 1983, Drumtech was founded by Francis Seriau, later becoming Tech Music School. In 2010, BIMM acquired Tech Music School London and in 2014 Tech Music School changed its name to BIMM London.

BIMM was purchased by Intermediate Capital Group in 2020.^[1]^[2]

Due to changes in student demand, BIMM Hamburg closed at the end of the 2023 academic year.^[3]

Timeline

1983 – Drumtech is founded (now BIMM London)
2001 – Brighton Institute of Modern Music is founded
2008 – BIMM Bristol opens
2010 – BIMM acquires Tech Music School (formally Drumtech)
2011 – BIMM Dublin opens (name is also changed to the British and Irish Modern Music Institute)
2013 – BIMM Institute Manchester opens
2016 – BIMM Institute Berlin opens
2017 – BIMM Institute Birmingham opens and the Brighton Institute for Contemporary Theatre Training (BRICTT) is founded
2018 – BIMM Institute acquires Brighton Film School
2019 – BIMM is granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers in the UK by an Order from the Privy Council. BIMM Institute Hamburg opens, BRICTT becomes the Institute for Contemporary Theatre (ICTheatre) and Brighton Film School is renamed Screen and Film School. BIMM also acquires Performers College
2020 – BIMM acquires Northern Ballet School and opens ICTheatre Manchester
2021 – Screen and Film School Manchester, Screen and Film School Birmingham, and Performers College Birmingham open
2022 – BIMM is awarded university title and changes its name to BIMM University
2024 – BIMM University acquires Met Film School

Organisation and academic life

BIMM University is the second largest provider of creative industries higher education in the UK, with around 8,300 students. It offers courses in a wide range of music, film, performing arts and creative technology subjects.

Courses are offered at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The university is organised into four academic schools: BIMM Music Institute, MetFilm School, MetStudios, and Performers College. Courses are delivered at nine city-based campuses located across the UK, Ireland and Germany.

Course and accreditations

BIMM Institute was granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers in the UK by an order from the Privy Council on 14 March 2019, having demonstrated that it met the criteria to become a recognised body for awarding degrees in the UK. As such, BIMM Institute has overall responsibility for the academic standards and the quality of the qualifications they offer, and are able to award their own undergraduate and master's degrees. BIMM degrees were previously accredited by the University of Sussex.^[4] BIMM Dublin courses are validated by Technological University Dublin.^[5]

BIMM was granted full university status by the Department for Education in 2022.

Notable teachers

Kirk Brandon of punk rock band Theatre of Hate was a tutor at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music in 2012.^[6] Robin Guy, drummer for Rachel Stamp and Sham 69, also taught at BIMM.^[7]