Undergraduate students are expected to complete all mandatory courses within a maximum period of 6 years (for sculpture and architecture majors, the maximum study length is 7 years). MA candidates are required to complete their programs within 5 years, while PhD candidates may do so in 6 years at the most. These requirements do not apply for students who select the one-year Chinese language program.

For further details, please refer to the annual admission brochures for BA, MA, and PhD degree programs.

Time of Enrollment: Every September

English Language Degree program: International Master of Fine Arts Program in Contemporary Art.

The International MFA program at CAA has been developed in response to the rapidly increasing globalization of the art world. The mission of the International MFA program (IMFA) at CAA is to introduce the world’s most promising young artists to a new world of contemporary art – an art world in which the creative and expressive practices from around the globe join together to create art that is as vital and innovative as our contemporary world itself. Faculty and students from Asia, Europe, the Mid-East, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas provide a new vision to join in this bold new program.

The IMFA curriculum explores the newly emerging paradigms of relationality, multi-culturalism,  social practice, and extended media that have defined the world’s most exciting contemporary art or the past quarter of a century. It also explores traditional creative practices hailing from a variety of cultural traditions — specifically in studio art, public art, and contemporary art theory.

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Information on the IMFA curriculum: https://caa.at0086.cn/site/admission/show-5304.html

Information on Degree programs: https://caa.at0086.cn/site/degree.html

Non-degree programs are divided into long-term academic programs, short-term academic programs, and the Eastern Studies program.

Application deadline: year-round

Long-Term and Short-Term Academic Programs: 

Long-term and short-term academic programs are divided into Chinese Language Workshops, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Workshops (taught in English) held at the International College, while other majors are taught in their respective schools/departments. Short-term programs usually run from 2 to 8 weeks.

Eastern Studies: 

The Eastern Studies program is exclusively dedicated to the study of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, and is taught by professors of CAA’s School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy.Chinese Painting and Calligraphy constitute a unique and complete system of aesthetic evaluation and appreciation. Apart from being visual art forms marked by distinct cultural characteristics, they are also repositories of rich and profound cultural wisdom and heritage.

The Eastern Studies program divides itself into short-term Chinese cultural workshops and 

Specialized Courses.

① Cultural workshops（10 persons or more）vary in length. Short-term programs and cultural workshops are catered to individual group needs.

② Specialized Courses（8 persons or more）are divided into Chinese Landscape Painting, Chinese Calligraphy and Seal Carving, and Chinese Painting & Calligraphy Appreciation.

CAA offers the Chinese Government Scholarship (Program Category Type A), the Chinese Government Scholarship (Program Category Type B), the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship for Foreign Students, and the China Academy of Art Scholarship for Foreign Students.

Chinese Government Scholarship (Program Category Type B): Chinese Government Scholarship, Chinese University Program and Chinese-American Government Scholarship.

Chinese Government Scholarships: For up-to-date information on scholarships, please visit www.campuschina.org  or www.csc.edu.cn/laihua . You may also consult the Chinese Embassy (Consulate General) in your home country, or directly contact CAA's International College.

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