In this section you will find all the information you need to start your adventure at IMB School.
STUDY AT IMB SCHOOL
MASTER’S, POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS AND SPECIALIST COURSES
IMB School’s qualifications are structured in 3 categories (master’s, postgraduate diplomas and specialist courses).
Thanks to the modular nature of IMB School’s training, your qualifications can be upgraded as you accumulate more modules. The qualifications will depend on the number of ECTS completed and the type of modules. Once you have reached the number of ECTS required for each qualification, you can claim the corresponding diploma.
Master’s qualifications that include at least the Make It Happen module are proprietary qualifications issued jointly by:
The collaboration between IMB School and the Centro Superior de Música de la Fundació Conservatori del Liceu responds to a shared vision of providing artists and managers with the best preparation in all aspects related to the development of musical projects and organisations. As well as the desire to extend the scope of specialised training in the field of business to all the artistic sensibilities that make up the world of music.
The names of the programmes:
- All Music Business Management programmes include at least the Make It Happen module.
- All Music Business Innovation programmes include at least the Challenges module.
- All Music Business Mindset programmes include at least the Know-How module.
Innovation and Management are an equivalent category and both are superior to Mindset.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Qualifications (≥ 60 ECTS)
The Master’s qualifications apply once 60 ECTS have been completed.
There are different Master’s qualifications depending on the type of modules taken and the number of ECTS credits.
Advanced Master’s in Music Business Management & Innovation
Credits: ≥ 90 ECTS
Mode: In Person + Online
Diploma issued by:
Master’s Plus in Music Business Management
Credits: ≥ 75 ECTS
Mode: In Person + Online
Diploma issued by:
Master’s in Music Business Management
Credits: ≥ 60 ECTS
Mode: In Person + Online
Diploma issued by:
Master’s in Music Business Innovation
Credits: ≥ 60 ECTS
Mode: Cohort-Based Online
Diploma issued by:
Postgraduate Diploma or Executive Qualifications (≥ 30 ECTS)
The Postgraduate Diploma or Executive qualifications apply once 30 ECTS have been completed.
There are different qualifications depending on the type of modules taken and the number of ECTS credits.
Executive Diploma in Music Business
Credits: ≥ 30 ECTS
Mode: Cohort-Based Online
Diploma issued by:
Postgraduate Diploma in Music Business Mindset
Credits: ≥ 30 ECTS
Mode: Cohort-Based Online
Diploma issued by:
Specialist Course Qualifications (≥ 15 ECTS)
The Specialist Course qualification applies once 15 ECTS have been completed.
Music Business Mindset Specialist Course
Credits: ≥ 15 ECTS
Mode: Cohort-Based Online
Diploma issued by:
CERTIFICATES
The completion of each module leads to obtaining a specific certificate that corresponds to the typology, the learning methodology and the workload of each module. There are two types of certificate:
Certificate of Knowledge Acquisition
Every time a student completes a foundations module under Active or Interactive Online Learning methodologies, they will receive a digital certificate to validate the acquisition of the specific knowledge provided in each module.
These are the modules Advanced Principles, Legal Aspects, Historical Analysis and Know-How.
Certificate of Professional Skills Acquisition
All students completing any of the professionalisation modules under the Learning by Doing methodology will have demonstrated the acquisition of the key skills required to successfully pursue a professional career in any field or sector.
The participation in the Internships module does not imply obtaining any of IMB School’s certificate, since the evaluation of the student’s performance is carried out by the company that is offering the internship.
Basic Professional Skills Certificate
This acknowledgement will be granted to all those students completing the Professional Development module who provide evidence of the assimilation of the following professional skills:
General Skills
- Problem solving
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Pressure management
- Teamwork
- Negotiation
Critical Thinking Skills Certificate
This acknowledgement will be granted to all those students completing the Challenges module who provide evidence of the assimilation of the following professional skills:
General Skills
- Problem solving
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Pressure management
- Teamwork
- Negotiation
Specific Skills
- Searching for, processing and analysing information
- Development of critical thinking
- Oral and written defence of an argument
- Concentration
- Self-development
- Innovation
Project Development Skills Certificate
This acknowledgement will be granted to all those students completing the Make It Happen module who provide evidence of the assimilation of the following professional skills:
General Skills
- Problem solving
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Pressure management
- Teamwork
- Negotiation
Specific Skills
- Proactivity
- Decision making
- Leadership
- Planning
- Organisation
- Oral and written communication
- Empathy
- Responsibility
- Commitment
- Creativity
- Persuasion
Admissions
To access any of the programmes that includes any of the following modules, a prior admission process is required:
- Make It Happen
- Challenges
- Know-How
- Professional Development
ADVANTAGES OF APPLYING EARLY
Applying as soon as possible to any of the recommended programmes has the following benefits:
Early access to AOL content:
As soon as you apply and pay the enrolment fee for a recommended programme, you can start studying any of the AOL modules included in the programme (Advanced Principles, Historical Analysis and/or Legal Aspects) without having to wait until the start of the programme. This is a great advantage as it allows you to start the larger modules in a more relaxed way.
Access to early payment discounts
If you plan to study any Management programme and you pay your enrolment fees in full before 30th June 2022, you will receive significant early-bird payment discounts. To qualify for these discounts, the deadline is round 13 of admission.
Access to scholarships
Admission is required in order to apply for the scholarships, and the application deadline is 17th July 2022. Therefore, if you want to access these, the deadline is round 15 of admission.
Admission Rounds
Round | Start | End | Interview | Resolution | Booking Place |
Round 1 | 1 Nov 2021 | 12 Dec 2021 | 14 Dec 2021 | 15 Dec 2021 | 7 Jan 2022 |
Round 2 | 13 Dec 2021 | 9 Jan 2022 | 11 Jan 2022 | 12 Jan 2022 | 28 Jan 2022 |
Round 3 | 10 Jan 2022 | 23 Jan 2022 | 25 Jan 2022 | 26 Jan 2022 | 11 Feb 2022 |
Round 4 | 24 Jan 2022 | 6 Feb 2022 | 8 Feb 2022 | 9 Feb 2022 | 25 Feb 2022 |
Round 5 | 7 Feb 2022 | 20 Feb 2022 | 22 Feb 2022 | 23 Feb 2022 | 11 Mar 2022 |
Round 6 | 21 Feb 2022 | 6 Mar 2022 | 8 Mar 2022 | 9 Mar 2022 | 25 Mar 2022 |
Round 7 | 7 Mar 2022 | 20 Mar 2022 | 22 Mar 2022 | 23 Mar 2022 | 8 Apr 2022 |
Round 8 | 21 Mar 2022 | 3 Apr 2022 | 5 Apr 2022 | 6 Apr 2022 | 22 Apr 2022 |
Round 9 | 4 Apr 2022 | 17 Apr 2022 | 19 Apr 2022 | 20 Apr 2022 | 6 May 2022 |
Round 10 | 18 Apr 2022 | 1 May 2022 | 3 May 2022 | 4 May 2022 | 20 May 2022 |
Round 11 | 2 May 2022 | 15 May 2022 | 17 May 2022 | 18 May 2022 | 3 Jun 2022 |
Round 12 | 16 May 2022 | 29 May 2022 | 31 May 2022 | 1 Jun 2022 | 17 Jun 2022 |
Round 13 | 30 May 2022 | 12 Jun 2022 | 14 Jun 2022 | 15 Jun 2022 | 1 Jul 2022 |
Round 14 | 13 Jun 2022 | 26 Jun 2022 | 28 Jun 2022 | 29 Jun 2022 | 15 Jul 2022 |
Round 15 | 27 Jun 2022 | 10 Jul 2022 | 12 Jul 2022 | 13 Jul 2022 | 29 Jul 2022 |
Round 16 | 11 Jul 2022 | 24 Jul 2022 | 26 Jul 2022 | 27 Jul 2022 | 12 Aug 2022 |
Round 17 | 25 Jul 2022 | 7 Aug 2022 | 9 Aug 2022 | 10 Aug 2022 | 26 Aug 2022 |
Round 18 | 8 Aug 2022 | 21 Aug 2022 | 23 Aug 2022 | 24 Aug 2022 | 9 Sep 2022 |
Round 19 | 22 Aug 2022 | 4 Sep 2022 | 6 Sep 2022 | 7 Sep 2022 | 23 Sep 2022 |
Round 20 | 5 Sep 2022 | 18 Sep 2022 | 20 Sep 2022 | 21 Sep 2022 | 25 Sep 2022 |
*For the last round, programmes that do not include the Know-How module will have an extra week to apply.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements vary according to the modules included in the programme.
For example, you could apply for the Advanced Master’s in Music Business Management & Innovation, and gain admission to all modules except the Challenges. In that case, your programme would become the Master’s Plus in Music Business Management.
Entry requirements for any programme that includes the Know-How and/or the Professional Development modules:
- Have a high level in English.
- Hold a higher education diploma (university, college, vocational school, artistic school, etc.).
Exceptionally, we will allow access to the admission process to any candidate who does not comply with point 2, as long as they are over 18 years of age and can demonstrate maturity and a minimum of 2 years of dedication to a project (artistic or business) related to music.
Entry requirements for any programme that includes the Make It Happen module:
- Have a high level in English and Spanish.
- Hold a higher education diploma (university, college, vocational school, artistic school, etc.).
Exceptionally, we will allow access to the admission process to any candidate who does not comply with point 2, as long as they are over 22 years of age and can demonstrate maturity and professional experience of at least 2 years in the music sector, or 3 years in any other sector.
Entry requirements for any programme that includes the Challenges module:
- Have a high level in English.
- Comply with any of the following points:
- Hold a higher education diploma (university, college, vocational school, artistic school, etc.) while being able to demonstrate at least 2 years of white collar work experience in any sector.
- Be at least 24 years old, be able to demonstrate maturity and have at least 5 years of white collar work experience in any sector.
- Have passed the Make It Happen module and be able to demonstrate at least 2 years of white collar work experience in any sector.
Admission Process
1) El The process starts the moment the candidate pays the €100 admission fee (this amount will be deducted from the final amount of the tuition fee, or refunded in case of non-admission).
2) Once the payment has been made, an email will be sent to start the admission process. In order for the admission application to be successfully completed, the candidate must comply with the given instructions in each of the following 4 steps:
a) Fill in the form with personal, academic and professional information.
b) Send the following documentation:
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- Cover letter or video.
- Curriculum vitae (the admissions department may subsequently request a copy of any of the qualifications).
- Scanned copy of the ID card or passport.
- Passport size photo (jpg format).
- Documentary veracity agreement completed and signed.
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c) Select the desired module(s).
d) Sign the General Terms and Conditions.
3) Conduct a personal interview with the Academic Board of the programme you are applying (there might be more than one depending on the programme).
4) Send the admission letter: IMB School will personally communicate via email to each candidate the result of the admission process. If admitted, the candidate will receive a letter with the name of all the modules that they have been admitted to, together with the rest of the necessary information to start the enrolment process and depending on the case, apply for visas. In the event of not being admitted, the candidate may reapply for admission in the next edition.
Registration
The registration process:
1) Reservation – If the letter of admission is received more than 30 days before the start date of the module, the option to make a reservation will be given by paying 25% of the total amount of the tuition fee. The information required to make this first payment is given together with the admission letter.
2) Enrolment –
The enrolment process ends with the payment of the remaining amount, which will be the result of deducting the amounts already paid for admission and reservation fees from the total amount of the registration. In addition, promotional and early-bird payment discounts may also be applied.
The deadline for enrolment is 10 days before the start of the module. Only for those who have been admitted in the last round of admission (see this table), will the registration deadline be the day before the start of the module.
DISCOUNTS
Any recommended programme paid in full prior to the start of the programme is more favourably priced than paying for the modules separately:
Recommended programmes | Sum of the module fees included if paid separately. | Enrolment Fee of the programme | Enrolment Fee with early-bird discount before 30th june 2022* |
Advanced Master’s in Music Business Management & Innovation Management & Innovation | €22,750 | €18,900 | €18,000 |
Master’s Plus in Music Business Management | €16,250 | €13,900 | €12,000 |
Master’s in Music Business Management | €13,250 | €11,900 | €9,000 |
Master’s in Music Business Innovation (Online) | €11,000 | €9,900 | No |
Executive Diploma in Music Business Innovation (Online) | €6,500 | €5,900 | No |
Postgraduate Diploma in Music Business Mindset (Online) | €5,000 | €3,900 | No |
Music Business Mindset Specialist Course (Online) | €3,500 | €2,900 | No |
*If you pay the full enrolment fee for any Music Business Management programme before 30th June 2022, you will have access to significant early-bird discounts.
FINANCING
Thanks to our partnership with Fintonic and Confía, students of IMB School programmes have the possibility to get financing conditions to pay their enrolment fees in instalments.
How does the funding application process work?
Conditions for applying for financing
- The candidate must be over 18 years of age.
- The candidate must be the holder of a Spanish bank account. The account must be at least 6 months old.
- The bank account must be where the payroll or recurring income is paid into.
How does the application process work with Fintonic?
FINTONIC - APPLICATION PROCESS
- Loan processing takes about 5 minutes.
- You can apply for a loan between €1,000 to €50,000, with a variable NIR from 4.65% NIR (4.75% APR) to a maximum of 19.95% NIR (21.95% APR), to be repaid over a period of 6 to 96 months. These financing conditions depend on your financial capacity score or FinScore.
- Fintonic calculates your financial capability or FinScore with your main bank account information, which you will need to add to Fintonic after registering. It is a 100% secure process that takes less than a minute. Adding your account is also necessary to validate your details and get your online loan with Fintonic.
- The financing offer is indicative, non-binding and has to be approved by the financial institution offering the personal loan after the necessary checks have been carried out.
- For your security, Fintonic may request some documents to identify you or ensure that you are the account holder from which the FinScore is obtained. You can get your fast online loan without paperwork, just a digital version, a photo or screenshot will do.
- Requirements to be met to obtain a loan through Fintonic: When you apply for a loan, it is important to meet the requirements of the financial institutions. Each financial institution has different requirements, which is why it is important to apply through Fintonic. The requirements that the entities analyse before granting you the loan include your level of income and your length of employment, your previous level of debt, that you are not in default files for having had defaults in the past, as well as other variables such as whether you own a home and your type of employment contract. In any case, at Fintonic they work to find the best loan adapted to your profile, whatever your situation.
Legal Notice: This information is for illustrative purposes only. For the most up-to-date and detailed conditions, please contact Fintonic directly.
Click here to start your loan application through Fintonic.
How does the application process work with Confía?
CONFÍA - APPLICATION PROCESS
All procedures are carried out online via the Confía website (zank.com.es), without the need to travel.
Confía carries out an evaluation by bank scoring. IMB School is not responsible for the evaluation or approval of applications. The decision is the sole responsibility of Confía. IMB School is not responsible for the conditions signed and agreed with Confía.
The financing options offered vary from 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or up to 5 years. Monthly repayments are paid at an APR of 9.95%.
There is a set-up fee, which is paid in a single payment in the first month. From the 2nd month onwards, monthly payments are made.
Legal Notice: This information is merely illustrative. For the most up to date and detailed conditions, please consult the Confía Entity directly.
Q&A AND OPEN SESSIONS
OFFICIAL PRESENTATIONS
Official Presentation Master’s in Music Business Management Madrid
27th June 2022 – 19.30h CET – In Person (Sala Moby Dick, Madrid), Spanish
This presentation will be held in Spanish at Sala Moby Dick (Madrid, Spain) by the Board of IMB School and some official partners. All the attendants will be invited to some food and beverages and will receive a tote bag with a hard copy of a special brochure edition of the Master’s in Music Business Management. It is a great opportunity to understand what this Master is about, come and meet us in person, and ask all the questions you might have.
OPEN SESSIONS
Know-How
Open Sessions
Know-How module Open Sessions
Relevant session for anyone interested in:
- Music Business Mindset Specialist Course
- Postgraduate Diploma in Music Business Mindset
- Master’s in Music Business Innovation
- Master’s Plus in Music Business Management (Barcelona or Madrid)
- Advanced Master’s in Music Business Management & Innovation (Barcelona or Madrid)
Available dates:
- 21st June 2022 – 18h CET (Online), English
- 13th July 2022 – 18h CET (Online), English
CHALLENGES
Open Sessions
Challenges module Open Sessions
Relevant session for anyone interested in:
- Executive Diploma in Music Business Innovation
- Master’s in Music Business Innovation
- Advanced Master’s in Music Business Management & Innovation (Barcelona or Madrid)
Available dates:
- 23rd June 2022 – 18h CET (Online), English
- 14th July 2022 – 18h CET (Online), English
MAKE IT HAPPEN
Open Sessions
Make It Happen module Open Sessions
Available dates for Madrid
- 13 June 2022 – 19h CET – In Person Madrid (Sony Music Spain), Spanish
Available dates for Barcelona
- 29 June 2022 – 19h CET – In Person Barcelona (Conservatori Liceu), Spanish
- 20 July 2022 – 13h CET – In Person Barcelona (Conservatori Liceu), Spanish
- 14 Sep 2022 – 19h CET – In Person Barcelona (Conservatori Liceu), Spanish
In these sessions you will receive a tote bag with a hard copy of a special brochure edition regarding the Master’s in Music Business Management.
Q&A GENERAL SESSIONS
IMB SCHOOL TRAINING
General Sessions
These sessions are held by expert training advisors and will reply to any question you might have regarding all the IMB School training.
Q&A General Sessions English
- 30th June 2022 – 19h CET (Online), English
- 19th July 2022 – 19h CET (Online), English
Q&A General Sessions Spanish
- 7th June 2022 – 19h CET (Online), Spanish
BARCELONA CAMPUS
Conservatori del Liceu
Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 88 - Barcelona
Our main facilities are those of the Conservatori del Liceu, where, in addition to in person sessions, students have access to the library, the bar-cafeteria and, occasionally, concerts in the auditorium.
Get DirectionsSala Apolo
Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 113 - Barcelona
In addition, Sala Apolo hosts some of the training activities that take place outside the classroom as well as networking activities that are organised during the course.
Get DirectionsWORKSPACE
Carrer Nou de la Rambla, 109, 1º - Barcelona
This is our students' space, their office. Here students have 24/7 direct access to do team work and have meetings with the artists, and it is where they organise the IMB Festival and the release of the singles compilation.
Get DirectionsMADRID CAMPUS
SONY MUSIC SPAIN
Paseo de la Castellana 202 - Madrid
Our main facility in Madrid is the office of Sony Music Spain. This space will be refurbished to enhance the training experience for Make It Happen students in Madrid.
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