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

  • Illusions

    Wednesday 21 May 2025 7:30pm - 8:30pm
    Join the Composition 3 cohort as they present Illusions – a showcase of their works from across the semester. Composers Kylie Cheah, Riley Hogan and Max Kielly present an innovative, exciting program of new solo and chamber works. Each piece explores various musical Illusions, from irreverent and...
  • Super Grant!

    Wednesday 21 May 2025 7:00pm - 9:30pm
    After a busy semester of exciting activity from Jazz and Improvisation at the Conservatorium, Super Grant! is presented as a finale to the Grant! concert event series. This night features an array of ensembles performing original compositions and improvisations in Federation Hall. Featured En...
  • Art Forum: Jody Haines

    Thursday 22 May 2025 12:15pm - 1:15pm
      Jody Haines (palawa) is a Naarm (Melbourne)-based artist whose practice emerges from a deep connection to Country, memory and time. Rooted in Indigenous feminist known materialism, her works form a dialogue between the past and present, and between Country, body, and self. Through larg...

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