Australian Music Examinations Board

About AMEB

We exist to awaken a love of music, speech, drama and dance in everyone. That’s why we’re your AMEB. We’re experienced and trusted. We support thousands of learners, teachers and parents every day. And we’re proud to lead the way in contemporary learning approaches and technologies.

Everything we do is guided by our values – inclusion, excellence, leadership, community, and creativity. Come join us!

Our history

Over the past 100 years, AMEB has helped generations of performing arts students and teachers to reach their potential. Our system of graded assessments and qualifications in music was originally launched in 1887. This quickly set the benchmark in Australia and beyond. Resources and examinations were then introduced for speech and drama as early as the 1920s. They’re still integral to our program today.

Most recently we’ve added an exciting range of modern creative qualifications to our curriculum. These include contemporary music, dance, music production and vlogging.We’ve also embraced new technologies and developed new learning platforms over the years. In 2010 we became the world’s first examination board to launch online music theory exams. Our online learners are now located all over the world.

Every day we’re building on our proud history to create a bright future for performing arts education.