Bimm Student

Review of BIMM Manchester

The worst university experience and a degree that ...

The worst university experience and a degree that is about as valuable as a frosties swimming certificate.
If you are a good musician, go to RNCM or LCOM. If you want to do Music Business, go anywhere else. What you will end up with at BIMM is being around 90% of students who have no motivation to make any impact in the music industry, sub-par lectures and a joke of a uni that has no societies and no support. There are far too many students for the resources available, and it really does seem like it is just there to make money rather than to actually provide the students with anything beneficial. Marking is quite frankly a joke, and there is no way to appeal it even if the lecturer is factually incorrect or biased. And that's when you eventually get it back as it is nearly always late. Your class of 20 will soon become about 4 because everyone else has realised that it is a waste of time or because they can't be bothered.
There are some good tutors who have industry experience and this in no way should reflect them. However, the whole experience is an absolute shambles. Each year the timetables are not provided until about 2 days before the term starts (or one year after the term was supposed to have started). You will always find yourself asking 'what is going on?'.
The whole "we have a network in the creative industry" is a lie. You will not benefit from anything like this. In fact, if you tell people in the industry about BIMM they just laugh at you.
If for some reason you manage to actually see through the full degree, chances are you will struggle to find a job with your degree. Instead, relying on your experiences as if you hadn't done the degree at all. A complete waste of time. A sham of a "uni" that doesn't even have a students union and does not care about you.