NSW Institute of the Arts

The NSW Institute of the Arts was established by the Minister for Education on the 16 June 1987 under the NSW Institute of the Arts Act 1987. It was formed from the Institute of the Arts of the Sydney College of Advanced Education and National Art School of the New South Wales Department of TAFE (East Sydney TAFE) renamed as the City Art Institute. The first Board of Governors was constituted on the 31 July 1987.

The Institute was abolished under part 6 of the NSW Higher Education Amalgamation Act 1989 Sydney College of the Arts was amalgamated with the University of Sydney to be an academic college under s.27 of the University of Sydney Act 1989 and the City Art Institute was amalgamated with the University of NSW.