Introduction to Nanjing University of the Arts

Nanjing University of the Arts, located on the banks of the Qinhuai River and under the Stone City, is the only comprehensive higher art institution in Jiangsu Province. Dating back to 1912, Mr. Liu Haisu, the founder of Chinese art education, founded the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. In 1930, it was renamed Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. Mr. Cai Yuanpei served as chairman of the board of directors of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. He also wrote lyrics for the school song, school motto, and training. In 1922, Mr. Yan Wenliang founded Suzhou Fine Arts College in Suzhou. These two earliest private art schools in China merged with the fine arts and music departments of the Art Department of Shandong University in 1952 during the national adjustment of colleges and universities to form East China Art College, located in Sheqiao, Wuxi, Jiangsu. The merger was completed on December 8, and since then, this day has become the anniversary day of Nanjing University of the Arts. In 1958, East China Art College moved to Nanjing and was located in Dingjiaqiao. In June of the same year, it was renamed Nanjing Art College. In 1959, it was named Nanjing Art Institute and the academic system was changed to four years, thus finally completing the establishment of our institute. In 1967, it moved to No. 15, Huju North Road, Nanjing City. After nearly a century of construction and development, Nanjing University of the Arts has grown stronger through ups and downs and become stronger through vicissitudes of life. Today, Nanjing University of the Arts has developed into a comprehensive higher art institution with great influence at home and abroad. The college covers an area of ??more than 720 acres, with an existing campus area of ??160,000 square meters. There are 6,126 general undergraduate and junior college students, 49 doctoral students, 279 master's students, more than 90 international students, 1,935 adult teaching students, and 482 students from the attached middle school. There are currently 8 secondary colleges including the School of Fine Arts, the School of Music, the School of Design, the School of Communication, the School of Popular Music, the School of Performing Arts, the Higher Vocational Education (Adult) School, the School of Film and Television, and the School of Humanities, as well as the Department of Dance, Modern Educational Technology Center, affiliated secondary school. According to the professional catalog issued by the Ministry of Education, the college has 22 undergraduate majors, including fine arts, painting, sculpture, art design, art design, industrial design, fashion design and engineering, animation, photography, musicology, music performance, and composition. and composition technology theory, dance choreography, dance science, performance, drama, film and television literature, art education, public service management, recording art, broadcasting and hosting art, radio and television choreography, drama, film and television art design, and 56 professional directions, There are 8 majors from junior college to undergraduate, and 24 majors in various specialized subjects (including adult education). It has doctoral degree awarding points in art, fine arts, and music, and 8 master's degree awarding points. It is a unit for college teachers to study for a master's degree on the job, apply for a master's degree with equivalent academic qualifications, and award a master's degree in art. Music performance, art design, painting, composition and composition technology theory are four brand majors and characteristic majors in Jiangsu Province. Fine arts and music are key disciplines in Jiangsu Province, and fine arts is a cultivation point for the construction of national key disciplines. There are more than 900 faculty members, 602 full-time teachers, 249 professors and associate professors, 16 doctoral supervisors, 57 master's supervisors, and more than 30 domestic and foreign visiting professors and part-time professors. The Art Research Institute of our college has an Art Archeology Research Center, a Musicology Research Institute, an Art Education Research Institute, an Art Studies Research Institute, as well as experimental orchestras, youth dance troupes and other performance institutions. "Music and Performance" and "Art and Design" are academic journals published publicly across the country, among which "Art and Design" is the "National Chinese Core Journal". Since the reform and opening up, the college has firmly seized development opportunities, adhered to the strategy of appropriately advanced development of education, and closely integrated "connotation construction" and "extension development". Expand the outreach and actively explore various forms of school-running mechanisms, forming a variety of school-running models such as state-owned public schools, Sino-foreign cooperation, school-enterprise cooperation, etc., and a multi-level talent training system from technical secondary school to doctoral degree. The college takes the reform of the credit system as the starting point and improves the quality of teaching as the foundation. It continuously promotes the reform of education and teaching, comprehensively implements quality education, and has formed a school-running philosophy of "adhering to the school-running philosophy of 'Hongyue, Shenmei' and promoting the innovative spirit of 'continuous change'." With the distinctive school-running characteristics of "cultivating artistic talents with both morality and art", in 2003, it was among the first batch to pass the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education and obtain an excellent grade. There are outstanding people and beautiful places. In this art palace with a long history, a large number of cultural celebrities and famous artists and educators in modern history have emerged: Liu Haisu, Yan Wenliang, Zang Yunyuan, Chen Zhifo, Xie Haiyan, Yu Jianhua, Liu Ruli, Wen Zhaotong, Chen Dayu, Huang Youkui, Cheng Wujia, Gan Tao, Sheng Xue, Jiang Xi... 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 today. Today's Nanjing University of the Arts draws on the cultural nourishment of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the strength of Jiangsu, a major economic province. It unites and forges ahead, and continues to make progress. It has become a comprehensive higher art institution with a complete range of disciplines, diverse educational levels, strong teaching staff, and advanced teaching facilities.