Sydney College of the Arts (SCA)

On the 19 September 1989 the University of Sydney and the New South Wales Institute of the Arts agreed in principle to establish the Sydney College of the Arts as an Academic College of the University of Sydney. This was formalised under the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989. Under section 13 of the Act the University Senate replaced the NSW Institute of the Arts Board of Governors as the governing body of the College.

The College was given status equal to that of a university faculty and the College Academic Board was renamed the Sydney College of the Arts College Board.

College Administration: the School of Visual Art within the College ceased to exist from 26 August 1994.

As part of the University's strategic planning 2016-2020, Senate decided in December 2015 to reduce the number of faculties from 16 to six, with three additional schools reporting directly to the Provost, to come into effect 1 January 2017. Sydney College of the Arts became a department within the School of Literature, Art and Media within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.