Nanjing University of the Arts

Nanjing University of the Arts is a century-old school with a long history and profound heritage. The school is located in the main urban area of ​​Nanjing, where history and modernity intersect, and in an urban cultural circle where tradition and fashion organically blend. As the earliest independent higher art institution in my country that continues to this day, Nanjing University of the Arts is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. In 1912, Mr. Liu Haisu, the founder of Chinese art education, founded the Shanghai Academy of Painting and Art (renamed Shanghai College of Fine Arts in 1930); in 1922, Mr. Yan Wenliang founded Suzhou College of Fine Arts in Suzhou; in 1952, it became one of the top universities in the country. During the department adjustment, the two earliest private art schools in China merged with the fine arts and music departments of the Art Department of Shandong University in Sheqiao, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province to form East China Art College. The merger was completed on December 8, which is the anniversary of Nanyang University. day. In 1958, East China Art College moved to Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing; in June of the same year, it was renamed Nanjing Art College; in 1959, it was upgraded to an undergraduate college and renamed Nanjing Art Institute; in 1967, it moved to No. 15, Huju North Road, Nanjing. In 1978, it was approved to be one of the first colleges and universities in the country to recruit master's degree students. In 1986, it was granted the right to award doctoral degrees. After more than a century of construction and development, Nanjing University of the Arts has kept pace with the times, grown stronger through ups and downs, and become stronger through the vicissitudes of life, becoming an influential comprehensive higher art institution at home and abroad.

The school currently has the School of Fine Arts, the School of Music, the School of Design, the School of Film and Television, the School of Dance, the School of Media, the School of Popular Music, the School of Industrial Design, the School of Humanities, the School of Cultural Industry, the School of Higher Vocational Education, the School of Adult Education, and the School of International Education. and 14 secondary colleges including the School of Marxism; Art Research Institute, Information Construction Management Center, Journal Editorial Department, Jiangsu Provincial Calligraphy Creation Research Center, Art Education Institute, Art Museum, Affiliated Middle School Art School, Library, Society 9 directly affiliated units including the College of Education. It includes art history theory, art management, music performance, musicology, composition and composition technology theory, dance performance, dance science, dance choreography, dance education, popular music, performance, drama, film and television literature, radio and television choreography, theater film and television director, Drama, film and television art design, recording art, broadcasting and hosting art, animation, film and television photography and production, fine arts, painting, sculpture, photography, calligraphy, Chinese painting, cultural relic protection and restoration, art design, visual communication design, environmental design, There are 39 undergraduate majors in product design, clothing and apparel design, public art, arts and crafts, digital media art, art and technology, advertising, art education, cultural industry management, and public utility management.

The school currently has more than 11,000 students, more than 1,000 faculty members, more than 700 full-time teachers, more than 300 full-time teachers with intermediate and senior professional titles, more than 60 doctoral supervisors, more than 200 master's supervisors, and more than 100 domestic and foreign visiting professors and part-time professors. . Among them, 1 is a talent from the “Four Batches” of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee; 1 is a “Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor” from the Ministry of Education; 1 is a top-notch young talent from the “Ten Thousand Talents Plan” of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee; 21 experts enjoy special government allowances; There are 3 members and 1 convener of the Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council; 7 members and 2 deputy directors of the Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education; 1 member of the first National College Aesthetic Education Teaching Steering Committee; 1 member was selected into the National Hundred Thousand Talents Project people; 1 national outstanding teacher; 2 people won the Jiangsu Zijin Cultural Medal; 9 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in Jiangsu Province; 5 "Five Batch" talents in Jiangsu Province; selected into the province's "333 Project" and "Blue Project" There are more than 100 people including "Six Talent Peaks", "Social Science Talents, Outstanding Youth", "Zijin Cultural Creative Talents, Outstanding Youth", etc.

The school is the only institution of higher learning in the country that has the right to confer doctoral degrees in all five first-level disciplines under the discipline of art and a postdoctoral research mobile station. In the fourth round of subject evaluation by the Ministry of Education in 2017, all five first-level subjects ranked among the top six. Among them, Fine Arts was rated A grade, Music and Dance and Design were rated A- grade, Drama, Film and Television, and Art Theory were rated B+ grade; A-type subjects accounted for 60% of the total number of school disciplines, ranking first in the province. 1. Ranked first in the province in 4 subjects. In 2018, all five first-level disciplines were selected into the third phase construction project of superior disciplines in colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province. Since 2015, 33 national-level scientific research projects have been approved, including 5 major art projects of the National Social Science Fund ("Research on Chinese Design Thought and Its Contemporary Practice", "Research on Art Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics", "Centenary Years under the Leadership of the Communist Party of China" New Art Movement", "Chinese Painting Research", "Cross-category Art History Theory and Method Research"), 7 key projects; 35 local university development projects supported by the central government; 106 provincial and ministerial scientific research projects; awarded by the Ministry of Education He has won 5 Outstanding Achievement Awards in Science and Technology and 20 Jiangsu Province Outstanding Achievement Awards in Philosophy and Social Sciences. A number of research institutions in the school have been approved as provincial-level philosophy and social science research bases; a number of research teams have been approved as provincial-level outstanding innovation teams. The "Art and Design" edition of the journal was selected as a CSSCI source journal and a national Chinese core journal, and the "Music and Performance" edition was selected as a 2020 national Chinese core journal.

The school's "Construction and Practice of Art Talent Training Model" won the second prize for national higher education teaching achievements. "Chinese Painting Techniques", "Oil Painting Techniques" and "Chinese Art History" are national quality resource sharing courses; Chinese painting, visual communication design, product design , art design, fine arts, painting, dance, animation, art history, musicology, environmental design, arts and crafts, radio and television choreography, digital media art, drama, film and television literature, calligraphy and other 16 majors were selected as national first-class Undergraduate major construction points; 5 majors including animation, art design, painting, musicology, and performance were selected as national-level characteristic major construction points; 2 majors were selected as provincial first-class undergraduate major construction points; 13 majors were selected as Jiangsu Province brand and characteristic majors . The art design major and fine arts discipline are national experimental areas for cultivating innovative talents in colleges and universities; the "Digital Media Art Experimental Teaching Center" is a national experimental teaching demonstration center; there are 2 buildings including "Art Materials and Technology" and "Cultural Creativity and Comprehensive Design". Key laboratories of universities in Jiangsu Province, including Handicraft Course Experimental Teaching Laboratory, Digital Audio Teaching Laboratory, Printmaking Art Experimental Teaching Center, Film and Television Production Experimental Teaching Center, Industrial Design Experimental Teaching Center, Modern Sculpture Comprehensive Materials Experimental Teaching Center, and Virtual Reality Art There are 8 provincial experimental teaching and practical education centers including the Practical Education Center and the Media Arts Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Training Center. "Graduation Project (Thesis): Parametric Design and Construction" and "Fundamentals of Animation" were selected as the first batch of ideological and political demonstration courses for colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province; "New Liberal Arts Professional Curriculum System and New Form Teaching Materials Construction" and "Art and Technology Interaction" The two projects "Integrated New Product Design Major and Curriculum Construction" were approved as the first batch of provincial key cultivation projects for new liberal arts research and reform practice in Jiangsu universities; in 2014, the project was approved to build a cultural and creative collaborative innovation center for Jiangsu universities; in 2016, Zijin Cultural and Creative Research Institute became one of the first batch of new key high-end think tanks in Jiangsu Province and ranked among the national A-level think tanks; in 2018, the Nanyi Base of Jiangsu Province Research Center for Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics was established to actively promote the theoretical interpretation, dissemination and teaching of new ideas. . The Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts has been rated among the top ten art institutions and top ten art museums in the country by important domestic media for many times.

In recent years, the school has made great achievements in major artistic creation exhibitions at home and abroad. The cartoon "Dayu Controlled Floods" written by teachers won the 15th Central Propaganda Department's "Five One Project" Award and the 26th TV Literature and Art "Starlight Award" Outstanding TV Animation Program Award; won 8 gold, silver and bronze awards at the National Art Exhibition, " 2 Golden Bell Award gold medals, 1 Wenhua Award gold medal, and 1 National Vocal Competition gold medal; the TV series "Da Qing Salt Merchant" produced by the teacher's screenwriter won the 30th "Feitian Award" and the 28th "Golden Eagle Award" "Honorable Mention Award; won 1 second prize in the National Dance Competition; won the Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" Classical Dance Award; 12 works were selected for the 6th National Youth Ethnic Instrument Education and Teaching Achievement Exhibition; 1 work was selected for the 12th National dance performances; 2 people won the title of "Little Golden Bell Erhu New Stars of Chinese Music"; won 3 first prizes in the 6th National College Student Art Exhibition; won the China Shufalan Pavilion Award, "Taoli Cup" Dance Competition, China's Hundreds of Jinling Painting Exhibitions, etc. Won many awards during the event. We have re-performed the large-scale anti-war opera "Autumn Son", created an ode to peace - a multimedia symphony concert of music, poetry and painting, the original dance drama "Twelve Seconds", the original musical "The Ancient and Modern Drinking Wine", etc., and took the lead in rehearsing the large-scale dance poetry drama "Ode to Peace" in colleges and universities across the province. "Striding for a New Era" has produced a good social impact.

The school actively participates in national and local cultural construction, and successfully completed the design tasks of the national public memorial cauldron for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, the new logo and the launch device of the AIIB. General Secretary Xi Jinping personally unveiled the national public memorial cauldron and the AIIB launch device; successfully completed the National Day Design tasks such as the 70th Anniversary Jiangsu Float "Jiangsu Intelligent Manufacturing", the visual system of the World Language Conference, the logo of the Jiangsu Development Conference, the 2018 Badminton World Championships logo, the official logo and logo of China's medical security, the logo of the Jiangsu Medical Aid Team to Hubei, and the Nanjing Subway Murals. . Since 2016, Nanyit University’s “520 Graduation Performance Carnival” has been successfully held for six consecutive years, creating a strong artistic atmosphere of “one school performance, a city-wide feast” and becoming a widely influential public cultural and art event.

In the course of running a school for more than a century, Nanjing University of the Arts has inherited excellent cultural traditions and accumulated a profound cultural heritage. The school-running spirit of “continuous change and continuous transformation” has cultivated generations of outstanding artistic talents. Liu Haisu, Yan Wenliang, Chen Zhifo, Xie Haiyan, Zang Yunyuan, Huang Binhong, Fu Lei, He Luting, Zhang Daqian, Zhu Qizhan, Pan Tianshou, Feng Zikai, Lu Sibai, Huang Zhen, Wu Yinxian, Sha Fei, Dong Xiwen, Zhao Dan, Lu Fengzi, Chen Famous masters such as Baoyi, Yu Jianhua, Cheng Wujia, Liu Ruli, Wen Zhaotong, Chen Dayu, Huang Youkui, Sheng Xue, Gan Tao, Hong Pan, Liu Shaochun, Cheng Shifa, Luo Yizi, Su Tianci, Lin Shuzhong once taught or studied here. They have made outstanding contributions to the rise of Chinese art education and laid a solid foundation for the development of Nanjing University of the Arts.

Since the reform and opening up, the school has firmly seized development opportunities, proactively complied with the strategy of moderate advanced development of education, closely integrated "connotation construction" and "extension development", achieved leapfrog development from elite education to mass education, and cultivated There are batches of outstanding artistic talents who have made outstanding achievements and far-reaching influence in art education, art research, art creation, cultural industry and other aspects.

In December 2018, the school’s 10th Party Congress was successfully held, sounding the clarion call to continuously create a new situation for high-quality development of the school’s undertakings. Under the leadership of the new leadership team, the school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implements the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and thoroughly implements the National Education Conference spirit, adhere to the fundamental task of "cultivating people with moral integrity", strengthen the strategic theme of high-quality development, and further demonstrate "Chinese characteristics", pursue "international first-class", and highlight "comprehensive advantages" in higher art education and artistic creation practice in the new era, Actively integrate into the construction of a culturally powerful country and culturally powerful province, and strive to make due contributions to cultivating socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and labor development!

(Data as of June 2021)