The Australian College of the Arts (Collarts) is one of Australia’s leading creative higher education institutions, empowering a new generation of creatives to build meaningful, sustainable careers across the creative industries. We are a dynamic, independent college offering certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate courses across music, performing arts, film and screen, design, fashion, and entertainment management. Our courses are delivered online and on campus, with a vibrant student community of more than 2,000 students from over 30 countries and 50 high schools.
Collarts is nationally recognised for industry-led education that reflects the realities of creative careers today. Our teaching staff are active practitioners with deep industry connections, creating real pathways from study into professional practice.
In the latest Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching surveys, students ranked Collarts as Australia’s number one provider of creative arts courses for Teaching Quality and Engagement, and number one for Overall Graduate Satisfaction.
Collarts has recently expanded its creative arts education footprint into Sydney through the acquisition of Sydney Actors School and Sydney Film School. This expansion strengthens Collarts’ national presence while preserving the distinctive identities, teaching approaches, and industry credibility of these highly regarded institutions.
At Collarts, students come first. You will find collaborators, mentors, and industry connections backing your creativity and ambition. Follow your passion. Tell your story. You are welcome here.
Acknowledgement of Country
We pay our respects to the custodians and knowledge keepers of the lands we live, learn and work on. In Naarm, Melbourne, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation, and in Sydney, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
We honour this continent’s first creatives, musicians, artists and designers – 75,000 years of unbroken storytelling – and the continuity of Indigenous cultural brilliance in which our work finds an anchor.
We stand as active allies in support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart: voice, treaty and truth. This land was never ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
