Established in 1995, LCAD is a small, friendly college leading the way in professional Visual Art, Design and Photography education. We offer a specialised combination of theory and practical skills that encourage our students to be creative, innovative and to think independently. Our teaching and administration staff enhance the learning experience and our students are both friendly and welcoming. Our class sizes are between 8 and 14 students enabling a high level of one on one tutoring as well as generating a great sense of community. We offer excellent value for money with our high calibre of teaching staff and our student’s graduate with confidence to embark on a career in art and design.

If practical, all prospective students are welcome to visit the college in order to view our facilities and to discuss their forthcoming application. If you would like to visit you will need to make an appointment by calling LCAD direct on +613 9495 6622. We recommend that you bring along a folio or examples of your work to your appointment so that we can determine which course might be the best for you.

If you are unable to visit LCAD then no problem, simply select your course online. LCAD offers a number of Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses in Visual Art, Graphic Design, Game Art and Animation, and Photography. All of our courses (and single subjects) are available from our main menu under the 'Study with Us' main menu item.

If your are an international student there will be a number of additional steps to your application process along side the submission of a folio of work. Once you have completed your online application, LCAD will follow up with you and provide you with an Information Kit. Please note that all international students will require a 5.5 IELTS test score for English or equivalent if English is their second language. After satisfying all the prerequisites and successfully completing an admission interview, LCAD will then issue you with a Letter Of Offer. Once you accept our offer (and make your first payment/deposit) LCAD will then issue a COE which you will need in order to apply for a study visa to Australia.

In order to make the application process as efficient as possible we recommend the you prepare and review your application information prior to starting the application process. As you will discover, our application form is presented as two steps. Step 1 will ask you to confirm your contact details, what type of student you are and what course that you would like to study. Step 2 will ask you to provide information on your previous study including what you studied, where you studied and why you are looking to undertake this new course. We read all applications thoroughly so make sure you carefully consider each question.

Course applications are made directly through this website. You can access a course application form on each course page or by clicking the apply now button on the right hand side of the screen.

Upon completion of your online application we will contact you to arrange a time for you to undertake an interview with our friendly admissions staff. If you are an international student who is not currently residing in Australia we will contact you to arrange a remote interview via Zoom. The interview will be a review of your application and will allow you to present your folio and speak of any prior experience you might have.

Following your interview LCAD will confirm in writing if your application has been successful. Confirmation will be sent to the email address that you nominated in your application. Should your application not be successful, you are welcome to contact us to discuss the reasons why. Please contact admissions on +613 9495 6622 or email admin@lcad.edu.au