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Nanjing University of the Arts currently consists of 14 schools, including schools of fine arts, music, design, media, movie and television, dance, popular music, humanities, industrial design, cultural industry, as well as the Summit College, College of Vocational and Adult Education, and school of international education. Apart from these schools, Nanjing University of the Arts has an academic research institute, a modern educational technology center, the attached secondary school as well as other teaching subsidiary units. According to the disciplinary division stipulated by the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of the Arts has27 divisions of majors, including fine arts studies, painting, sculpture, art and design studies, design, industrial design, costume design, animation, photography, musicology, music performing, composing and related theories, choreography, dancing, performing art, literature of dramas and films, art education, management of public utilities, recording, broadcasting and anchoring, radio and television editing, design in dramas and videos, directing, mass communication. These majors are subdivided into 50 different directions. What’s more, Nanjing University of the Arts provides postdoctoral positions, as well as doctoral and master’s programs in such disciplines as fine arts studies, musicology, art theories, design theories, mass media, movie theories, etc.
The studies on fine arts, music, and design in the school have been listed as key academic disciplines in the “11th Five-Year construction Plan” of Jiangsu Province. The study of fine arts in the school has become the key national academic project. There are more than 1000 existing staff, including 659 full-time teachers,304 professors and associate professors, among whom 50 are Ph. D advisors and 135 are M.A. supervisors. Moreover, the school also invites more than 90 visiting professors and scholars both from home and abroad, and part-time professors to give lectures. The academic research institutions include Archaeological and Fine Arts Research Center, Music Research Center, Art Education Research Center, and Art Research Center. There are also performance troupes like experimental Orchestra, Youth Dance Troupe and other institutions in the school. The main publications of Nanjing University of the Arts include Music and Performance and Fine Arts and Design, which are both public academic journals, and Fine Arts and Design has been listed among the National Chinese core journals. Over the past 10 years, teachers and students have won different awards in national art competitions, including awards in fine arts, musical performance, performing art and dance. The competitions very from “Tao Li Cup”, “Jin Zhong Prize” to “Wen Hua Award”. The total awards won by the teachers and students in China and abroad amount to 590, among which there are 20 international awards, 185 national (ministry) Awards, 385 the provincial awards. The total publication by the teachers amounts to 350, and the papers published on national academic journals reach around 2300. The research projects funded by the state and the provincial government reseach 49.
After the development of more than one hundred years, Nanjing University of the Arts has become one of the most distinguished art universities in China and has enjoyed high reputation in China and the world.
