Adelaide Central School of Art is an independent, not-for-profit Institute of Higher Education based in Glenside, South Australia. We are the number one tertiary provider in South Australia for undergraduates studying creative arts, as rated in the 2022 National QILT Student Experience Survey.
ACSA employs eminent contemporary artists, writers and curators to deliver a studio-based teaching program that cultivates sophisticated practical skills, underpinned by intensive conceptual investigation.
ACSA is renowned for its standards of excellence and rigour, providing a learning environment committed to small class sizes and one-on-one interaction with lecturers. ACSA is celebrated for its welcoming community spirit and collegiate atmosphere of shared initiative, discovery and support. This unique education experience offers:
This application form is for the Diploma of Visual Art (DVA), Associate Degree of Visual Art (ADVA), and Bachelor of Visual Art (BVA) for commencement in Semester 1 2025.
To complete your application for the DVA, ADVA or BVA, you will need to upload the following support material:
All Applicants
Certified copy of an identity document (e.g. birth certificate, driver’s licence, passport)
AND
Certified evidence of Australian citizenship or permanent residency (e.g. passport, birth certificate, visa grant notice)
AND
Writing capacity: 300 word exhibition review
A curated art exhibition may include the work of one living artist or be a group show of living artists. Exhibitions organised by a curator will consist of works selected in reference to a certain theme or topic.
The exhibition may be in a gallery such as the Adelaide Central Gallery, ACE Open, Samstag Museum or the Art Gallery of South Australia. There are also artist-run spaces that hold curated exhibitions of living artists, including Feltspace, praxis ARTSPACE, and Floating Goose Studios.
After viewing the curated art exhibition of living artists, please write a brief response of what you have seen. Use one or more
of the following as a guide to your responses:
• What range of subjects, ideas or themes do the works address?
• Comment on the use of materials and how they relate to the chosen subjects or themes.
• Choose one work and explain what it communicates to you.
Please include some documentation from the exhibition such as a flyer, invitation or floor list.
Academic Entrants
You are eligible to apply under the academic entry stream if you have an ATAR score of 60 or above completed in the last 5 years OR a higher education qualification of AQF Level 5 or above completed in the last 10 years. To apply as an academic entrant you will need to upload:
• A certified copy of your ATAR score OR higher education qualification transcript/parchment. A digital copy that can be verified online (e.g. through EQuals) can be submitted in place of a certified copy.
Alternative Entrants
There are six different options listed in this form for the
alternative entry stream. Several of these options are for students who have
undertaken prior study. For your prior study to be considered as part of your
application, you will need to upload a certified copy of the required
evidence OR provide a link to a digital version with online verification.
- Attainment of Higher Education qualification of AQF Level 5 or
above more than 10 years ago.
Evidence Required: Academic
transcript or testamur.
- Completion of the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)
with a minimum ATAR score of 60 (or the equivalent certificate and score
from an Australian secondary school) more than 5 years ago.
Evidence
Required: Tertiary Entrance Statement
- Completion of the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)
with an ATAR score below 60 (or the equivalent certificate).
Evidence
Required: SACE Certificate OR Tertiary Entrance Statement.
- Partial completion of a recognised higher education program at a
recognised higher education institution.
Evidence required:
Academic transcript.
- Completion of a recognised Vocational Education & Training
(VET) Certificate OR Foundation Studies Program.
Evidence Required:
VET
certificate or transcript OR Foundation Studies certificate.
- Previous non-formal visual art study or practice.
No Evidence
Required.
All alternative entrants will be invited to attend an interview as part of the application process.
Certifying Your Documents
Identity and academic documents must be certified in order to be accepted, unless they can be verified online (e.g. through My eQuals verification or similar).
To certify your document:
1. Make a copy of the original document
2. Take the original and the copy to an Authorised Officer for certification. Below is a list of people who are authorised to certify documents:
• Health professions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, Chinese medicine practitioner, Chiropractor, dental practitioner, medical practitioner, medical radiation practitioner, nurse, midwife, occupational therapist, optometrist, osteopath, paramedic, pharmacist, physiotherapist, podiatrist, psychologist
• Legal professions: Legal practitioner, patent attorney, trademarks’ attorney
• Court positions: Bailiff, justice of the peace, judge, magistrate, registrar or deputy registrar, clerk, master of a court, CEO of a Commonwealth court
• Commissioner for Affidavits, or Commissioner for Declarations (dependent on jurisdictions)
• Government representatives (elected): Federal, state or territory or local Public servants: Federal, state or territory or local – employed for five years or more
• Employees of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Bank officer, building society officer, credit union officer, finance company officer – employed for five years or more
• Veterinary surgeon
• Accountant (member of ICA, ASA, IPA or CPA, ATMA, NTAA)
• Minister of religion, or marriage celebrant
• Member of:
• Chartered Secretaries Australia
• Engineers Australia, other than at the grade of student
• Australian Defence Force (an officer; or a non-commissioned officer with five or more years of continuous service; a warrant officer)
• Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Notary public
• Holder of a statutory office not specified in another item in this Part
• Police officer
• Sheriff or sheriff’s officer
• Teacher (full-time) at a school or tertiary education institution