Fine Art - F2003

Why study fine art at Monash?

At Monash, we teach fine art differently. You’ll be encouraged to experiment across a range of mediums such as painting, photography, drawing, printmaking, glass, sculpture, jewellery, and digital fabrication. Throughout your study, we’ll challenge you to think about your ideas across different creative platforms and mediums to refine your personal methodology and approach to creating and making art to help you cultivate and develop your creative voice.

With purpose-built facilities and dedicated fine art studios and workshops, we connect you with the resources, professional practice, expert industry knowledge, and a dynamic artist community to ensure you are set up for success after you graduate. Absorbed in the making, exploration, conceptualisation and analysis of contemporary art for the duration of your degree, you’ll graduate with a critically-informed studio practice, a unique body of work, and the confidence and knowledge needed to succeed as a professional artist.

Our studio classes will build your skills, knowledge and experience of the art world as you meet artists, curators and writers and learn about the contemporary art industry through visits to galleries, exhibitions, artist’s studios, and biennales.

Be part of our creative hub 
Fine art at Monash is a dynamic and diverse community that encourages experimentation and freedom of expression. You’ll be part of our creative community from your first day where you’ll share spaces with printmakers, painters, photographers, performance artists, curators, writers, designers and more – providing the perfect environment to spark ideas and build your creative network.

Internships
We’ll give you a taste of life as a working artist through our internship unit. Our students have done internships at un Projects, Meridian Sculpture, Monash Art Projects, Liquid Architecture and many more. You can either source your own placement or we can connect you to one of our partners.

Your own studio space
You’ll have access to your own dedicated studio space to practice your art, giving you a place to experiment, explore and hone your creative practice.

Career options
Our award-winning graduates exhibit nationally and internationally and engage with the many opportunities offered in professional and creative fields. Our graduates have gone on to be contemporary artists, museum or gallery professionals, studio managers, artist collaborators, art directors, art conservationists, or arts administrators.

Find out more: https://www.monash.edu/mada/careers

Double degrees 
Stand out in a competitive job market by taking on a double degree.. You can choose to add one year of extra study to graduate with two degrees. You can study our Bachelor of Fine Art degree in combination with:

  • Bachelor of Arts (Humanities/Social Sciences)
  • Bachelor of Business
  • Bachelor of Information Technology
  • Bachelor of Education (Honours)
  • Bachelor of Media Communication

This will lead to the award of two degrees, the Bachelor of Fine Art and the degree offered by the partner course.

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At a glance

Course Details

Location
  • On-campus at Caulfield: Full time
Duration
  • 3 years (full time)
Start date
First Semester (February), Second Semester (July)
Qualification
Bachelor of Fine Art
Course Handbook

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements (International students)

You need to satisfy all of the following requirements to be considered for entry into this course.

At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.

View all minimum age requirements.

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.

Entry requirements for each qualification level are as follows:

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to satisfy English entry requirements in one of the following ways:

If your English test does not meet the above scores you may want to consider Monash English. Some Monash courses however do not accept Monash English.

The English measures outlined above must be completed within 3 years prior to the Monash course commencement date (other time limitations may apply as outlined in the Admission to Coursework Courses and Units Procedure). If you have completed several measures of English proficiency over a period of time, the highest valid measure will be accepted.

Monash University reserve the right to ask students to complete an English test to meet English course requirements upon request.

Further information can be located at English language requirements.

International students applying for a visa need to satisfy English requirements set by the Department of Home Affairs where these requirements and acceptable English tests differ from Monash University.

All Monash University undergraduate courses require you to have previously studied and achieved required Australian level standards in specific subject known as prerequisite subjects.

You must satisfy the following prerequisite subject requirements for this course:

*If you have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification you will be required to meet the prerequisite subject requirements that are equivalent to the VCE prerequisite subject requirements specified above.

You must satisfy the following additional requirements for this course:

Selection requirements
Courses with maths and science prerequisite subjects

If the course you are applying for requires maths and/or science as prerequisite subjects, you can meet the requirements in the following ways:

  • Australian Year 12 or International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme:

    You must meet the maths and/or science prerequisite subject required for your chosen course as specified above (if applicable).

  • Other qualifications recognised by Monash:

    If you have completed maths and/or science subjects in the relevant discipline at the required grade level, it is assumed that you have knowledge equivalent to the Australian Year 12 (VCE equivalent) prerequisite subject required for your chosen course. It is strongly recommended that you check that you have covered the assumed knowledge required for your course by completing the Assumed Knowledge Skills Analysis.

    This online activity includes multiple-choice questions based on your prior studies and helps you identify areas for revision, so you can start your course feeling confident and prepared. Once you accept your Monash offer and set up your student account you can complete the Assumed Knowledge Skills Analysis before starting your course.

These guidelines do not apply to the Bachelor of Medical Science or Doctor of Medicine, or to courses that require a tertiary-level Physiology unit: Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) (Graduate Entry), and Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) and Master of Pharmacy (Graduate Entry).

Alternative pathways

If you don't satisfy the requirements for direct entry consider these pathway options.

Entry requirements for Monash University are subject to change.

The course structure and progression map can be viewed in the Handbook.

Partner with another course

Double degree courses allow you to study towards two different degrees at the same time, and graduate with two separate qualifications. And because a required subject in one course can count as an elective in the other, our double degrees take up to two years less than if you studied for the two degrees separately.

Making the application

Future students

Semester one (February)

Students currently studying an Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate in Australia: Apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).

Apply through VTAC

All other applicants: Apply directly to Monash using course code F20031 (Fine Art) or F20033 (Art History and Curating).

Apply directly to Monash

Semester two (July)

Apply directly to Monash using course code F20031 (Fine Art) or F20033 (Art History and Curating).

Apply directly to Monash

Folio presentation

If you are applying to the Bachelor of Fine Art (not the Bachelor of Art History and Curating), you will also need to register with Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) for a folio presentation.

Register with MADA

Current Monash students

You may apply to transfer from another Monash course. Transfers are a competitive process. You may apply mid-year for available courses however consideration will be given as to whether you will be able to follow your course progression.

Please note that if you apply for a course transfer, you should still enrol in your current course as if you were continuing so as not to jeopardise your enrolment in the Faculty if your transfer application is unsuccessful. More about Course Transfer.

Self assess for credit eligibility

Check for study credit using the "Credit search" link on the Credit for prior study page.

Fees

Fees are subject to change annually.

International fee

Note Please note: The fee information displayed is based on the 2026 rates and should only be used as a guide.

Fees are per 48 credit points which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2026 are:

A$42,700

Scholarships

We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.

Other fees

The Student Services and Amenities Fee applies to some students each calendar year.

Enrolment Obligations

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than one third (33%) of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students must enrol in at least one unit that is not by distance and/or online in each compulsory study period unless the student is completing the last unit of their course. See standard 8.19 and 8.20 of National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.

CRICOS code: 075112E

International course guides

If you are an international student and wish to find out more about our courses, entry requirements, studying at Monash and more, please download our international course guides below.

International Study Grants

International study grants

International Study Grants valued at up to $10,000