School of Art and Design
School of Art and Design, founded in 2004, currently has five majors with over 1,300 students. The School ranked first in the “2024 CUAA Ranking (First Class Major Ranking for the Applied Universities)” and was awarded a six-star major.
The faculty includes well-known experts and professors, of whom, 37.5% hold senior professional titles and 92.5% hold master’s degrees or above. Students are equipped with full-time counselors and class supervisors. In addition, teachers with “Dual-qualification in Teaching and Professional Skills” are hired to join the teaching practice as well.
The School implements a studio-based teaching model, highlighting the “Four Moments”, the “Vision Enhancement Method”, the “One Move, Two Supports” approach, and the principles of “promoting teaching through competitions, facilitating learning through competitions, and enhancing application through competitions” in the teaching process. It also focuses on transforming assignments into works and works into commercial products. Through this model, the School pursues an innovative path that integrates industry, education and research.
The School is closely focused on discipline construction. Based on the Songhua River Basin, it creates a discipline of digital and intelligent design, providing the innovative driving force for the cultural and tourism economy of Jilin Province. The School has been approved as a construction site for master’s programs and is conducting joint master’s programs with Jilin Jianzhu University.

2004

Time of Establishments

1300+

Full-time Undergraduates

37.5%

Advanced Professionals

Academic Achievements

The School has published academic works, among which, five papers are SCI-indexed, one paper is CSSCI-indexed, three monographs and another eight papers are well-recognized in China. It has also obtained 56 intellectual property rights, including one invention patent, 21 provincial-level research projects, 13 enterprise-related projects and one provincial-level scientific research platform.

Teaching Features

In the practice of cultivating applied talents, the School expands the construction of off-campus internship bases and “paid internships” with the school-enterprise mode of “bringing in and going out”. The teaching model of graduation design with practical problems and projects has been adopted by many enterprises and institutions, serving locally practical project funds with a total of over eight million RMB.

Major Information
No. Major Length Degree
1 Environmental Design Four Years Bachelor of Arts
2 Visual Communication Design Four Years Bachelor of Arts
3 Digital Media Art Four Years Bachelor of Arts
4 Product Design Four Years Bachelor of Arts
5 Photography Four Years Bachelor of Arts