JMC Academy was established in 1982. The first campus was located in
Sydney. It became the first private college to qualify for
Audio Engineering,
Digital Television and Digital Multimedia accreditation. In 1988 JMC Academy was approved to accept international students. JMC then received accreditation in Audio Engineering, making JMC Academy Australia's first institution to offer accredited digital multimedia courses. In 1992 JMC received accreditation for Multimedia. In 1994, JMC received accreditation in Music Business Management. In 1997, JMC received accreditation for Popular Music & Performance before becoming Australia's first institution to offer accredited Digital TV courses when they received accreditation in Digital Television Production in 2000. In 2001, JMC opened the Melbourne Campus. In 2005, the Sydney campus received approval to deliver Higher Education courses, followed by the
South Melbourne campus in 2006. JMC's
South Brisbane campus then opened in 2007 receiving approval to deliver Higher Education courses the following year. 2012 saw JMC launch a
Game Design course. In 2013, JMC became a
Berklee College of Music partner and won the ACPET Awards for ‘Higher Education Provider of the Year’ & ‘Teacher of the Year’. 2018 saw the launch of JMC's Master of Creative Industries course, and a new 8-floor campus opens in Brisbane. == Campus ==