Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, formerly known as Beiyang Women's Normal School, was founded in 1906 by Mr. Fu Zengxiang, a famous modern educator. It is one of the earliest public institutions of higher learning in my country. In 1959, it developed into Hebei Academy of Fine Arts and became an independent higher art school. In 1980, it was officially named Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. It is a professional higher art school with complete disciplines and strong strength. It is one of the eight independent art colleges in my country and a national-level talent training model innovation experimental zone.

The school currently has two campuses on Tianwei Road and Zhicheng Road. The campus covers an area of ​​109,700 square meters and a building area of ​​151,100 square meters. There are currently three first-level master's degree authorization points in fine arts, design, and art theory, and one professional degree authorization point, all of which have the right to award master's degrees and master of arts. There are currently 18 undergraduate majors and 9 secondary colleges. There are currently 4,802 full-time students, including 3,918 undergraduates and 873 postgraduates.

The school currently has 8 national first-class professional construction sites, 2 national characteristic majors, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national college student social practice base, 2 national first-class undergraduate courses, 3 national planning textbooks, and 1 Ministry of Education high-quality video open course; 2 Tianjin key disciplines, 2 Tianjin first-class discipline construction projects, 1 Tianjin characteristic discipline (group) construction project; 5 Tianjin brand majors, 1 Tianjin strategic emerging industry related major, 5 Tianjin advantage specialty majors, 6 Tianjin application-oriented majors; 12 Tianjin teaching teams, 13 Tianjin teaching masters; 27 Tianjin first-class undergraduate course construction projects, 5 Tianjin high-quality courses; 8 Tianjin planning textbooks; 1 Tianjin experimental teaching demonstration center; 1 art creation research center.

The school currently has 505 faculty and staff, 293 professional teachers, including 64 professors and 97 associate professors. There is currently one cultural celebrity and "four batches" talent of the Central Propaganda Department, one national young and middle-aged literary and artistic worker with both moral integrity and art, 14 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, one expert with outstanding contributions in Tianjin, one specially appointed professor in Tianjin, two first-level candidates for Tianjin's "131" innovative talent training project, 15 people in Tianjin's propaganda and cultural "five batches" talent training project, and 152 master's tutors.

The school has signed cooperation agreements with 39 universities in 17 countries and regions in the world, and has reached a multi-level cooperation framework in the fields of teaching and scientific research. It has established joint training programs and master's double degrees in the "3+1" and "2+1" models with many art academies in France, the United States, and Italy. Cooperate with the University of Hertfordshire in the UK to hold a "3+1 double degree" cooperative education project.

The school regularly publishes two professional journals, "Northern Art" and "China Calligraphy and Painting News".

In the course of more than 110 years of development, the school has been striving for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, sharing the fate of the motherland and resonating with the times. Facing the future, the school will be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the Party’s education policy, adhere to the socialist direction of running schools, adhere to the “four services”, implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people, uphold the school motto of “respecting morality, advocating art, and practicing hard”, comprehensively deepen education and teaching reforms, accelerate the construction of first-class disciplines and first-class majors, continuously improve the quality of talent training, and strive to build a first-class art college with Chinese characteristics, excellent quality, and international reputation.