Central Academy of Fine Arts

　　The Central Academy of Fine Arts is the only higher art institution directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It currently has seven specialized colleges: the School of Chinese Painting, the School of Plastic Arts, the School of Design, the School of Architecture, the School of Humanities, the School of Urban Design, and the School of Experimental Art. It also includes the Institute of Plastic Arts, the College of Continuing Education, and an affiliated secondary art school. The academy enrolls secondary vocational students (affiliated high school), junior college students (adult education), undergraduates, master's students, doctoral students, and various types of continuing education students every year. It currently has 572 faculty and staff members, over 4,700 undergraduate and graduate students, and more than 100 international students from over ten countries. The total area for teaching and research covers 495 acres, with a total construction area of 247,000 square meters.

　　The academy is dedicated to building a modern art education discipline structure in which fields such as plastic arts, design, architecture, and humanities support and influence one another, aiming to play a leading role in establishing a new century’s art education system with Chinese characteristics. With its distinctive Chinese features, high-level teaching quality, and research achievements, it has earned high praise from the international art education community. It has become a representative, leading, and exemplary art institution in China’s higher art education field, and holds an important position among world-class art schools.

　　Source: Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development