Be inspired to be brave
Take creative risks and find your unique artistic voice with our industry-focused curriculum, designed to provide you with real-world experience.
Build your creative network
Connect with students from across the arts in the heart of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct, building networks to help you throughout your creative career.
Learn from industry connected professionals
Develop your artistic skills under the guidance of expert professionals who maintain strong industry connections.
Bachelor of Fine Arts overview
Siobhan Jackson, Senior Lecturer at the Victorian College of the Arts, provides an insight into the student experience when you study a Bachelor of Fine Arts with us.
Our specialisations
As a Bachelor of Fine Arts student, you may choose to focus on one of nine specialisations.
Acting
Develop a command of acting and the artistic skills you need to prepare you to work in stage, screen and digital media with intensive studio-based training.
Film and Television
Develop your creative voice and the technical and analytical skills to make distinctive screen programs for all stages of film and TV production.
Screenwriting
Study the many facets of screenwriting from cinematic and television writing to adaptation, and writing for games and web content.
Meet our students
The peers and teachers at VCA are supportive and kind, which breeds a very safe environment to grow and learn as an artist.
Kyle Ramboyong, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Being at the VCA has definitely taught me to push boundaries, open myself up to vulnerability for learning and growth both professionally and emotionally.
Athina Wilson, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
