Art

What would you like to study?

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Why study art at RMIT?

Ranked #1 in Oceania and #19 globally for Art and Design*

We’ve taught photography programs continuously for over 130 years

Display your work in one of our five public galleries and exhibition spaces

*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

Find your niche in art and photography

Spark your creativity and innovation r

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 can 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.

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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 that provide formal opportunities for you to integrate hands-on experience into your studies, and to show off your talents.

Career outcomes

Launch your creative career

When you study with us, you will be mentored by leading practitioners who are nationally and globally active artists, photographers, writers, cultural producers and curators. You’ll gain the skills and ability to understand and interpret the world around you through art and photography.  

Here, you’ll find your niche and graduate with the skills to be an independent, critically informed and active contemporary artist, photographer, curator or arts manager. Be inspired to explore multiple media, technologies and conceptual techniques to express yourself and to create the world you want.

Facilities and locations

At RMIT, you will be immersed in our specialised industry-standard facilities, workshops and creative studios with access to 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, you will be learning in a dynamic contemporary creative scene and connected to what is happening around the world.

Professional-grade art and photography facilities

Ignite your passion for the fields of art, and photography. Get familiar with the spaces you’ll be studying in before you arrive.  
 

Tour our art facilities

Join our student host, Elizabeth, and visit our historic art studios and explore our specialist workshop spaces.

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 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.

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. 

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*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

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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 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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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.