Set amidst picturesque parklands close to the Yarra River and only a few kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, NMIT’s heritage listed Fairfield campus, facilitates hands on learning in the following areas:
- Performing Arts (Music and Drama)
- Visual Arts (Photography and Illustration)
- Jewellery
- Horticulture
- Animal studies
- Science
Formerly, home to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (closed in 1996), NMIT took over the grounds in 2004 and moved its Horticulture program from Parkville across, making it NMIT’s second largest campus (over 2,000 students).
Yarra House, formerly the residential nurses' quarters for the hospital, has now been completely renovated and transformed to provide NMIT's first on-campus student accommodation. For more details visit www.yarrahouse.com.au.
There is plenty going on across campus with regular exhibitions a the Building B Gallery Space, concerts at Yarra Edge Music Centre, plant sales at the Nursery, food on offer at the cafeteria and great resources at the library.
Don’t forget to say hello to the peacocks roaming the grounds!
Visit the AIDS Memorial Garden
Anyone wishing to visit the AIDS Memorial Garden can do so within campus open hours:
- Monday to Thursday – 7.00am to 10.00pm
- Friday – 7.00am to 4.00pm
- Weekends/Public holidays – by prior arrangement with 48 hours notice
To arrange weekend and public holiday access*, you’ll need to contact the Campus Manager’s Office on (03) 9269 8824.
During campus open hours, visitors are required to advise the NMIT Fairfield Gatehouse at the Main Entrance on Yarra Bend Road. You will be given a ‘Temporary Visitor’s Car Parking Permit’ to display on the dashboard and you park in the Visitor’s Car Park adjacent to The Chapel.
For further information regarding the AIDS Memorial Garden, please read NMIT’s Fairfield Campus Parkland and AIDS Memorial Garden Interim Management Plan
* NMIT does not guarantee weekend access but will endeavour to make provision based on reasonable and timely requests from visitors.
Campus Building Directory
Building A - Administration / Information & Enrolment
Building B, Level 1 - Shared General Purpose Facilities. B-Space Gallery is opposite classrooms FB106, 107 and 108.
Building B, Level 2 - Music
Building C - Cafeteria
Buildings D & E - Horticulture
Buildings F - Bachelor of Illustration
Buildings G - Drama and Yarra Edge Music Centre
Building J - Animal Technology
Building L, Basement - Horticulture
Building L, Level 1 - Animal Technology
Building L, Level 2 - Jewellery
Building M, Level 1 - Agriculture & Animal Technology
Building M, Level 2 - Agriculture / Horticulture
Building P, Level 1 - Photography
Building P, Level 2 - Graphic Arts
Building R - Music
Building S - Library
Buildings T, U, V, W, & Y - Horticulture
Building Z - Gatehouse
