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

  • Jazz and Improvisation Winter Camp 2025

    7 July 2025 - 11 July 2025
    We are inviting high school aged instrumentalists and vocalists in years 9-12 to spend a week on campus and explore the world of Jazz and Improvisation. Meet like-minded musicians and develop your playing, skill set and creativity when approaching Jazz music and exploring Improvisation. The w...
  • Arts & Peacebuilding Workshop: Creative tools for engaging with conflict

    Friday 18 July 2025 9:15am - 7:00pm
    Are you curious about how the arts can support peacebuilding and dialogue? Join this research workshop to explore participatory, arts-based tools designed to support creative approaches to conflict mapping, an important step in peacebuilding and dialogue. Facilitated by researcher and practit...
  • Displaced | Australian Saxophone Quartet

    Friday 25 July 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm
    The Australian Saxophone Quartet (ASxQ) presents Displaced (2025), a major new work for saxophone quartet by Professor Elliott Gyger, exploring themes of individual and collective identity in a globalised world. The program also features works by Australian composers Tim Dargaville, Chris William...

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