IMW Higher Education Programme In Music Production

Our Higher National Diploma (HND) is a two-year, full-time Level 5 BTEC Award. An
HND qualification is equivalent to the first two years of a BA(Hons) Degree. The HND provides opportunity to progress to a university of your choice for an additional one-year Top Up, to achieve a full BA (Hons) Degree.

The HND is an advanced vocational course that gives you the opportunity to really focus in on your career in the Music and Sound Industries. You can take your skills to a higher level in our purpose built, professional quality studio environment.

You will complete your main projects on our large format SSL Duality console, the industry standard. This Higher National Diploma can be the beginning of a fantastic career in this exciting industry.

Join our specialist training and qualification programme to launch your career in the Sound and Music Industry. Develop advanced expertise as a Music Maker, Producer, DJ Producer, Sound Engineer, Sound Creator for Games/Film, Multimedia Audio Design, Creative Media and more!

At IMW you will train in Solid State Logic (SSL), Pro Tools, Logic Pro and Ableton with all the very best plug-ins. All your lectures and sessions will take place at IMW Campus state-of-the-art in studios, designed and built by world famous Acoustic Designers, Munroe Acoustics. Our specialist environment ensures for the highest standard in Audio Performance, Production, Sound Design, Engineering and Mixing, including in Dolby Atmos Immersive/Spatial Audio formats.

About IMW Campus

Founded in 1982 by local musicians and the local Rock Against Racism activists, our aim was to create a professional space for musicians in the community to engage with the exciting new world of music production technology. In our fortieth year, IMW Campus now has a full-on professional recording studio and live room plus a Music Tech lab showcasing a range of cutting edge technology and software.

Our fantastic profession teaching staff all have extensive experience in the music industry having worked at top international studios with world renowned producers and engineers.

Our student family are into every kind of music. Some are exploring the technology for the first time. Others are already into it but need to enhance their skills. Like IMW graduate, Paul Epworth who went on to Produce Rihanna, Florence and the Machine, Maximo Park and with Adele wrote and produced the 2nd biggest selling album of all time and won an Oscars, 5 Grammies and Producer of the Year awards.

We have over 40 years’ experience teaching sound creators and music makers the skills in production, audio engineering and sound design to get qualified and enter the professional Music, Sound and Creative Industries.

You will have an SSL Nucleus console on your own individual workstation controlling Logic Pro, Native Instruments and Ableton. You will work your way up through SSL Matrix and SSL AWS consoles and progress on to the flagship SSL Duality SE48 channel console with your chosen DAW software.

We agree with the current professional industry consensus about the core skills an specialist training needed to flourish and succeed in the industry. That is to combine Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) control with high-end analogue (SSL) recording and mixing.