Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
Course code: B-FADANCE
March
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available
Range of criteria used for selection
Access Melbourne is available
March
AUD $39,936 - $44,192 (2026 indicative first year fee)
Range of criteria used for selection
IELTS 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0)
Entry requirements
Admission requirements
Domestic student
You're considered a domestic student if you're an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident, or have a permanent humanitarian visa. This applies even if you're studying abroad or have dual Australian citizenship.
International student
You are considered an international student if you are not a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand.
Lowest selection rank 2026
Range of criteria used for selection
Entry score 2027
Range of criteria used for selection
Essential requirements for admission
Prerequisites
These are the subjects (with minimum scores) you must have completed to be eligible for entry to this course. Subject prerequisites may also be met by approved alternatives.
Units 3 & 4: A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in EAL.
Additional information
Selection into the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) is talent-based. Applicants are required to submit a folio. Applicants who are shortlisted will then be invited to attend a callback audition.
English language proficiency
All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. They can be satisfied in a number of ways, depending on your circumstances. If English is not your first language or the language of instruction in your previous education, you may meet the English language requirements by completing an approved English language proficiency test and achieving the required score, or an approved alternative method of satisfying the requirements.
Meeting the minimum entry and English language requirements does not guarantee selection.
Admission criteria
This information will help you find the most useful and relevant admission and selection requirements based on your circumstances.
- Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
- All applicants must audition. Applicants who are shortlisted from their audition will also be required to attend an interview.
- Applicants who satisfy these requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
- Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the audition and interview.
ATAR-based admission information in Semester 1, 2026
| Table | |
|---|---|
| ATAR-based admission for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) (includes data also for any Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) Graduate Degree Package offers, if applicable). | ATAR |
| Lowest ATAR where a recent Year 12 student offer was made (excluding students made offers through special entry schemes) | RC (Range of Criteria used for selection) |
| Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made (including students made offers through special entry schemes) | RC (Range of Criteria used for selection) |
| Minimum ATAR required for consideration (only applicants eligible for special entry schemes were admitted below the minimum) | RC (Range of Criteria used for selection) |
ATAR profile of those offered places in the Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in Semester 1, 2026 (includes data also for any Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) Graduate Degree Package offers, if applicable). Does not include consideration of student background and equity.
| Table | |
|---|---|
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR |
| Highest rank to receive an offer | RC (Range of Criteria used for selection) |
| Median rank to receive an offer | RC (Range of Criteria used for selection) |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | RC (Range of Criteria used for selection) |
- Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
- All applicants must audition. Applicants who are shortlisted from their audition will also be required to attend an interview.
- Applicants who satisfy these requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
- Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the audition and interview.
- Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
- All applicants must audition. Applicants who are shortlisted from their audition will also be required to attend an interview.
- Applicants who satisfy these requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
- Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the audition and interview.
- Once the course application is submitted applicants must pay an additional administration fee and submit a supplementary application form.
- All applicants must audition. Applicants who are shortlisted from their audition will also be required to attend an interview.
- Applicants who satisfy these requirements will be assessed to ensure they meet the minimum (academic) entry requirements of the University – completion of the VCE or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent and meeting the University’s English language requirement.
- Once these academic requirements have been satisfied applicants are ranked according to the audition and interview.
The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Selection and Admission Policy.
Additional information
Advanced standing (sometimes known as credit or recognition of prior learning) may be awarded based on prior study. Advanced standing is not awarded for work experience in undergraduate degrees.
If you are currently completing your secondary school studies outside Australia, review more information about your application process.
Information for domestic applicants with overseas qualifications
We are committed to improving participation in higher education by Indigenous students. If you tell us you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent (through your VTAC course application and/or the VTAC equity schemes application), your status will be verified by Murrup Barak, the Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development.
Once verified, an assessment will be made to determine whether you are likely to succeed in the course you apply for. The usual entry requirements and entry standards for the course will not necessarily apply. However, they will be considered as part of the assessment of whether you are ‘likely to succeed’. When determining your ‘likelihood to succeed’, the additional support available through Murrup Barak and the Wilin Centre will be taken into consideration.
Indigenous applicants regularly receive offers when their ATAR (or notional ATAR) is significantly below the lowest selection rank to which an offer was made and the minimum ATAR for a course. Indigenous Australian applicants could be eligible for guaranteed entry through our entry scheme, Access Melbourne.
The table below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) students at the University of Melbourne. It provides data on students who commenced undergraduate study and were enrolled after the census date in Semester 1, 2026. It includes data for students offered the Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations), in combination with data also for any corresponding Bachelor of Fine Arts (all specialisations) Chancellor’s Scholars Program and/or Graduate Degree Package offers (if applicable).
| Table | ||
|---|---|---|
| Applicant background | Number of students | Percentage of all students |
| Higher education study (domestic) | 32 | 10.60% |
| Vocational education and training (VET) study (domestic) | 29 | 9.60% |
| Work and life experience (admitted on the basis of previous achievement not in the other categories) (domestic) | 10 | 3.31% |
| Recent secondary education - admitted solely on the basis of ATAR (regardless of whether this includes the consideration of adjustment factors such as equity) (domestic) | N/A | 0.0% |
| Recent secondary education - admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were considered (eg, audition, interview) (domestic) | N/A | 0.0% |
| Recent secondary education - admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was not a factor (eg, portfolio, audition, entrance test etc) (domestic) | 210 | 69.54% |
| Recent secondary education - overseas secondary qualification (not including the International Baccalaureate Diploma) (domestic) | 13 | 4.30% |
| International students | 8 | 2.65% |
| All students | 302 | 100.0% |
<5 - the number of students is less than 5.
N/A - students not accepted in this category.
N/P - not published, the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students.