Art

Art

Discover fine art, visual art, photography and more at the #1 university in Australia for Art and Design.*

Art programs at RMIT

Explore our art courses and disciplines

Why study art at RMIT?

Australia’s top art school

RMIT is ranked #1 in Australia and #18 globally for Art and Design*.

More than 100 years teaching photography

RMIT is a university with a rich history of teaching technology and art. We’ve been teaching photography courses for over 130 years.

Five public galleries

Choose a university that celebrates your creativity. RMIT has five public galleries and exhibition spaces that display students' artistic work.

*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024

Find your niche in art and photography

Spark your creativity and innovation

At RMIT, you’ll enhance your creativity and innovation in dynamic studio and classroom environments, where experimentation, critical engagement and industry connection is encouraged.

As a globally recognised university for art and design, RMIT offers a wide range of courses across contemporary fine art, photography, arts management and art. You'll learn about emerging ideas, technologies, applications, and professional skills in our purpose-built facilities, all designed to prepare you to shape the Australian and global arts cultural sectors.

Featured art courses

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Master of Fine Art

This degree is designed to help those with emerging art practices who are looking to focus their work, and those who seek to expand and extend their existing practices.
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Master of Arts (Arts Management)

Start a career in gallery, event and museum project management with a degree that brings together a global network of curators, academics, managers and artists.
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Master of Photography

Experiment, take creative risks and master your own process and craft through a dynamic studio-based learning and independent project environment.
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Showcase your work

Join a network of emerging artists and visual thinkers who construct the creative communities of a future culture. RMIT runs multiple public galleries and exhibition spaces from our Melbourne art school, where you can gain formal hands-on experience for your studies and showcase your talent.

Career outcomes

Launch your creative career

As a graduate of an RMIT art course, you’ll be ready to build a career working in a diverse array of industries. The creative and innovative skills you’ll learn open the doors to many possibilities.

Here are just a few of the career outcomes for undergraduate and vocational art graduates:

  • art manager
  • art technician
  • commercial, industrial or advertising photographer
  • digital compositor
  • event photographer
  • filmmaker
  • gallery director
  • photojournalist
  • professional artist
  • sound engineer
  • technical specialist

Facilities and locations

At RMIT, be immersed in our specialised, professional-grade and industry-standard facilities, workshops and creative studios. Access the latest equipment across digital and analogue photography, gold and silver smithing, ceramics, drawing, painting, public space, sculpture, sound and video.

Centrally positioned in Melbourne, our art school provides you the opportunity to you learn in a dynamic contemporary creative scene, connected to what is happening around the world.

Virtual campus tour

Ignite your passion for your chosen field. Get familiar with the spaces you’ll be studying in before you arrive.

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Tour our art facilities

Join our student host Elizabeth to visit our historic art studios and explore the specialist workshop spaces that our art school offers in the heart of Melbourne.

Experience art and photography at RMIT

RMIT transforms students into professional artists, photographers, curators, public artists and arts managers with the skills and confidence to produce quality work and showcase it to the public, peers and industry. 

Empower emerging artists and designers

RMIT’s School of Art is a hub for emerging artists to engage in contemporary practice and gain local and international exposure. When you study with us, you'll have the opportunity to work with leading art organisations like the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), showcase your work in one of our five public galleries and exhibition spaces and launch your career as an artist with the full support from our staff and alumni around the world.

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Global opportunities with industry partners

Take advantage of the opportunity to travel while you're studying and visit key global art and photography sites. We offer a range of global study intensives including New York, Chicago, Nepal, Japan, Arles, Hong Kong and Bologna, to provide you with immersive study experiences with world-leading partners and organisations.  

Seize the opportunity to work with collaborative studios between students in Australia and our partners in China, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, New Zealand and the USA.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

aboriginal flag
torres strait flag

Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.