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

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Explore our art courses and disciplines

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Get a behind-the-scenes look at RMIT these school holidays! Book an RMIT campus tour to experience immersive labs, innovative study spaces and more.

Why study art at RMIT?

Australia’s top art school

RMIT is ranked #1 in Australia and #26 in the world for courses in Art and Design*.

More than 100 years teaching photography

RMIT is a university has a rich history of teaching technology and art, and has been teaching photography courses for over 130 years.

5 public galleries

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

*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

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.

Art that's not for the faint hearted Develop your art and design talents in our world-class facilities and studios and learn from practising artists and designers with extensive industry connections.

Create what's next

Find out why RMIT is the university ranked #1 in Asia Pacific for art and design with Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) students Maya and Caitlin

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It’s not for the faint hearted...

Creating something from nothing, and sharing it with the world.

To bring an idea into being… to wear your heart, and craft, on your sleeve.

Making art is powerful. It can move people... galvanise them.

It can challenge preconceptions and alter world views.

It’s bringing together fragments of thought, feeling and memory... reuniting them. ...seeing the world as it is, and channelling your spirit into something that inspires change.

Whether they paint, photograph, film or perform,

Artists continue to show up, time and time again... iteration after iteration.

Until the clay becomes a sculpture, the sketch becomes reality and the dye has all but set.

Now, more than ever... we need creative minds and brave hearts who see the world as a blank canvas.

And have the tools to create what’s next.

So unleash your imagination... at RMIT.

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Featured art courses

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. Learn more

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. Learn more

Master of Photography

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

Facilities and locations

Get familiar with your study space

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.

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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

How to become a photographer

There’s more to this career path than Instagram filters.

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How to become a visual artist

Develop your ideas, hone your practice and start making wonderful things.

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What can I do with an arts degree?

When your interests are broad, and your horizons are wide.

Renowned artist, Patricia Piccinini, joins RMIT’s School of Art

Piccinini will work with students and staff across the university to share knowledge and practice, work on projects and be involved with a range of transdisciplinary initiatives. Piccinini said she is delighted to be joining RMIT, a university she admires for “its willingness to engage with the complex issues that face our society, and especially our young people.”

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Experience art and photography at RMIT

RMIT transforms creative students into professional artists, photographers, curators and arts managers. Acquire the skills and confidence to produce quality work and showcase it to the public, to your peers and to 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 build your career as an artist with the support of our network of staff and alumni around the world.

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Global opportunities with industry partners

RMIT offers you the opportunity to travel while you're studying. We run a range of global study intensives, which include New York, Chicago, Nepal, Japan, Arles, Hong Kong and Bologna. These trips provide students with immersive study experiences with world-leading partners and organisations.

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

Other ways to study

Study online

RMIT Online courses are global in focus and practical in application – and the best part is, you don't need to put your life on hold while you study with us.

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Futureproof your career and build new skills with RMIT short courses and microcredentials, standalone courses you can study online or in person.

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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.

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