The Jazz & Improvisation specialisation holds a near 40 year history of exceptional staff working with the finest students to create a generation of contemporary music practitioners known both nationally and internationally within the genres of jazz, world music, rock, pop, indie, funk, experimental and big band. This specialisation celebrates its role as the custodian of Australian jazz, improvised music performance and scholarship, while embracing its status as the nation’s pre-eminent cultivator of new works drawing on the Australian Indigenous, non-Western, European and African-American jazz traditions within a culture of inclusivity that embraces diversity. A unique studio-intensive teaching approach nurtures future musicians, crafting distinctive personal voices and developing advanced technical skills through contemporary performance practice and the creation of original compositions.

To meet minimum eligibility for entry into a Melbourne undergraduate degree, you need to: complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or an equivalent qualification IELTS – you need a score of 6.5 or more in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0. TOEFL – you need a score of 577 or more including a score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English for a paper-based test, or a score of 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading, 13 for listening for an internet-based test. To submit your scores when you apply, use our TOEFL Institution Code: 0974. Pearson Test of English – you need an overall score of between 58-64 inclusive and achieve no PTE communicative skills score below 50.