Welcome to the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Learn to think, feel and create in the way only you can

Pursue the mastery of your discipline at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. As the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, the Faculty is dedicated to composition, conducting, dance, design, production, ethnomusicology, film and television, interactive composition, jazz and improvisation, musicology, music performance, music psychology, music theatre, music therapy, theatre and visual arts.

Join us in Melbourne's Arts Precinct and find your artistic voice.

Options to suit your creative pathway

From full-time degree study to breadth subjects to corporate workshops, we have flexible options on offer.

Diversify, learn and get ahead

Explore a passion or discover something new through breadth study. With our world-class training and facilities.

Research that goes deeper

Understand the full impact and importance of the arts, and how you can contribute.

Alumni

Have you studied at the Victorian College of the Arts or the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music? Make sure that your contact information is up-to-date to receive news, offers and opportunities.

More about alumni

3,125

core degree students across the Faculty

1st

in Australia for performing arts

$200M

invested in world-class facilities since 2010

Upcoming Events

  • Operatic Adventure

    Saturday 21 September 2024 7:30pm - 9:30pm
    Operatic Adventure Beloved opera scenes and a newly devised piece performed by the Master of Music (Opera Performance) students. After workshops with Victorian Opera, the students now bring this lively program of favourites together in an evening of operatic adventure. CREATIVES Staff...
  • Concerto-Aria Competition 2024

    Monday 23 September 2024 10:00am - 5:30pm
    Concerto-Aria Competition 2024 Near the end of each academic year, students across the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music are invited to compete for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the University of Melbourne Wind Symphony, or one of...
  • Directing, Writing and Dramaturgy for the Contemporary Theatre

    Monday 23 September 2024 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    Directing, Writing and Dramaturgy for the Contemporary Theatre: A Conversation Directing, Writing and Dramaturgy are integral to VCA Theatre: As an institution, how do we foster contemporary practice and new ideas within the local and international theatre ecology? This event is a panel d...

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