Southbank campus redevelopment
We're transforming our Southbank campus in the heart of Melbourne's Arts Precinct.
Welcome to the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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Prospective students
Graduate research programs at the Faculty are scholarly as well as studio and performance-based, providing opportunities for in-depth research and practice in an artistic discipline and/or interdisciplinary and collaborative research and practice.
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Current students
Information and support for current VCA and Conservatorium Research Higher Degree students, including enrolments, grants and scholarships, progress reviews and ethics.
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Our research
Researchers at the Faculty strive to undertake research that has a tangible impact in the world. Our research illustrates the essential role of the creative arts in building healthy individuals, communities and societies. Together with our colleagues from across the University, we seek to find answers to some of the most pressing Grand Challenges of our time.
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Staff research support
The University of Melbourne's central research website provides a range of tools and support for researchers. Find out more about research ethics and integrity, funding, reporting, contracts, Minerva, and more.
(Research and Research Training)
Research at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is youthful and vital, motivated by curiosity, courage and passion, and supported by a spirit of collaboration. A productive tension exists between tradition and experimental approaches to research, and between art based research and artistic research. Internationally and nationally acclaimed artists pursue practice-led research across a wide range of art forms, and internationally recognised scholars work across more traditional modes of research. Whether you are interested in coming to Melbourne as a student, graduate researcher, visitor or future colleague, we offer a dynamic and youthful creative research culture in Australia’s premier research institution, The University of Melbourne.
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For more information about current research, graduate research opportunities, or support for current researchers, contact the Research Office.
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Alumni and friends
Alumni and friends of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music can enjoy a range of lectures, masterclasses, collaborative opportunities, special programs and more.
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Support the Faculty
The generous support of philanthropic partners and community members makes it possible for our students to fulfil their potential as the next generation of Australia's artists and performers.
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Artist Referral
Get in touch with some of Melbourne’s finest classical and contemporary musicians, bands, singers, composers, street performers, actors and dancers. All artists are graduates of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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Victorian College of the Arts staff directory
Contact details for VCA academic staff.
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Melbourne Conservatorium of Music staff directory
Contact details for academic staff at the Conservatorium.
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Faculty Executive
Meet our Faculty Executive team, led by the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music.
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Honorary staff
Honorary appointments are made to distinguished persons who are associated with the teaching and research activities of the Faculty.
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Professional staff contacts
Find professional staff contact details for media, infrastructure and academic support.
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Find an Expert
Search for academic staff members by discipline area or research specialisation.
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Current vacancies
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the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Over many decades the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music have been providing and creating opportunities for some of the great artists who now work in Australia, and who have in the past contributed to our culture. When people come to our faculty they are in a melting-pot not only of ideas but of cultures and aesthetics. We feel that gives students the best chance to find out who they are and what they want to say. We want you to come and join us in this great adventure. It’ll be tough, exciting, and ultimately one of the most wonderful times in your life.
Reconciliation
We acknowledge the Elders, families and descendants of the Boonwurung and Wurundjeri people who have been and are the custodians of these lands. We acknowledge that the land in which we meet, work, perform, study and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal and that the local Aboriginal peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.
Southbank campus developments
With investment approaching $200 million, the University of Melbourne, City of Melbourne and our generous supporters have committed to transforming Southbank into an internationally-important arts precinct over the coming decades. The Ian Potter Southbank Centre will be an integral part of this exciting and imaginative area, and its location within the Faculty's Southbank campus will help to achieve the city’s vision for a thriving arts scene.
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