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.

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Options to suit your creative pathway

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

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Diversify, learn and get ahead

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

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

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3,125

core degree students across the Faculty

1st

in Australia for performing arts

$200M

invested in world-class facilities since 2010

Upcoming Events

  • The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s Petrushka

    Sunday 23 August 2026 5:00pm - 6:30pm
    Drama, passion and spectacle take centre stage in the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s third concert of 2026. The evening opens with Richard Strauss’s exhilarating Don Juan, an orchestral tour de force that sweeps audiences into the legendary hero’s...
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  • Melba Hall 12: Horn Ensemble

    Monday 24 August 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm
    The much-loved Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series returns for Semester 2 2026. Each week will feature a different instrument or area, performed by undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and facilitated by academic staff. Join us for an intimate ...
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  • Australian Wind Quintet perform Gounod, Klughardt and Coleman

    Tuesday 25 August 2026 7:30pm - 8:40pm
    Celebrate an exciting moment in Melbourne’s musical community with the Australian Wind Quintet in a vibrant concert marking the commencement of new flute lecturer Catherine Gregory at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. The program features Gounod’s charming Petite Symphonie, performed alo...
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