China Academy of Art

Academic Disciplines

Discipline of Architecture

As the only first-level discipline under CAA's engineering discipline category, Architecture undertakes the mission of the interdisciplinary expansion and integration between art and engineering in the school's strategic planning. With a long history and profound academic foundation, Architecture dates back to the founding of the National Academy of Art over 80 years ago.Founded by the leading art academy in China, the Discipline of Architecture is pioneering and advocating the ideologic

Academic Disciplines

Discipline of Drama, Film and Television

As early as the 1980s, CAA's older generation of artists such as Wu Shanming, Zhuo Hejun, Ma Kexuan, and Dai Tielang created animations with strong traditional Chinese humanistic features, such as Feelings of Mountains and Waters, The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven, The Cowboy's Flute and Three Monks, and their style was collectively known as the "Chinese animation school" by the global audience.The Discipline of Drama, Film and Television cultivates humanistic and poetic skills

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Discipline of Theory of Art

Theory of Art, as a traditional discipline hub for the research and education of contemporary Chinese art history, has gathered numerous famous masters and cultivated a wealth of talents, playing a leading role in the overarching planning and development of national art disciplines. As early as its National College of Art period, CAA had initially established the modern system of the art history discipline and established the principles of art history and art theory research featuring a global v

Academic Disciplines

Discipline of Design

As the earliest program on design to be offered in China, the Discipline of Design was established in 1928. Since its establishment, it became a magnet for renowned Chinese professors and international experts such as Liu Jipiao, Hito Kazo (Japanese), Domrachev Makariy Fedorovich (Russian), Zhong Jingwen, Lei Guiyuan, Chen Zhifo, Pang Xunqin, and Deng Bai. The Discipline has been a true pioneer in setting a global vision that incorporates both the East and the West as well as in establishing the

Academic Disciplines

Discipline of Fine Arts

The Discipline of Fine Arts is CAA's most established and distinctive faculty. As the discipline that admits only the best of the best, the Discipline enjoys the most overwhelming advantage and houses the largest pool of talents in the academy. Since its creation of the first postgraduate program for artistic research in China in the 1920s, the Discipline of Fine Arts has succeeded in continuing its academic superiority, gathering and nurturing a great many outstanding artistic talents such

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A Dog Under a Bridge — A Student from China Academy of Art Won the Highest Honor in the World’s Top Animation Film Festival Again

On June 19, Rehoo Tang, a 2021 graduate student from the Department of Animation, School of Animation and Games, China Academy of Art, won the 2022 Jury Award in the student creation unit in France Annecy International Animation Film Festival for his graduation film A Dog Under a Bridge. The award is regarded as the Oscar Award in the field of animation and this is the second consecutive year that graduates of China Academy of Art have won this award. The an

Schools & Departments

Department of Chinese Painting

The Department of Chinese painting specializes in cultivating great talents in the areas of Chinese painting and its fields of research.The department was the first ever in China to propose teaching and implementing the vast area of Chinese painting as a separate specialized discipline.Further the department was also the first ever to offer Calligraphy as an official major of study. The Department of Chinese Painting holds a strong cultural foundation including its deep respect for tradition and

Schools & Departments

Department of Calligraphy

In 1963, the China Academy of Art became the first institution ever to offer a major of Calligraphy and Seal Cutting, under the Chinese Painting Department. In 2001, the Calligraphy and Seal Cutting major became its own department. Since then, the Department of Calligraphy continues to resolutely pursue the study of classical tradition and to enhance and promote its discoveries through its curriculum.The Department seeks to solidify a strong foundation, allowing fundamental virtues to be recogni

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Department of Fiber Art

The Department of Fiber Art represents a newly emerging artistic discipline in contemporary art. Its pioneering vision Fiber Art explores the boundaries between social context and human spirit in a variety of material-based media. The Department is forming a new category of artistic expression. It has introduced ‘soft-sculpture’, installation to other pre-existing fiber based media such as weaving and surface design. These art forms share a common mission of cultivating creativity and innovation

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School of Film Art

The School of Film Art, China Academy of Art (CAA), is developed from the Department of Film and Animation founded in 2002, the School of Media and Animation established in 2004 and the School of Film and Animation in 2015. The School of Film and Animation was separated into the School of Film Art and the School of Animation and Games in 2022.In 2006, film discipline was rated as Zhejiang’s provincial key program. In 2009, art discipline on radio and television was listed as a key program in Zhe