Shanghai Art and Design Academy

Founded in 1960, Shanghai Art & Design Academy is one of the most influential, oldest and best-known colleges of art and design in China. The Academy has been dedicated to the education of professional artists and designers, is taking the lead in providing programs related to contemporary visual arts, design, and art education, and is to be a major contributor to the thinking within the fields of art, design, and art education. Through innovations, SADA has gradually cultivated initiatives to meet industrial developments and corporate demands. The academy has formulated a comprehensive environment of diverse workshops and studios featuring in practical training with the assistance of versatile facilities including domestic specialists, international designers and super craftsmen. SADA is approved by the Shanghai Municipal Government and the State Ministry of Education. SADA is the only national model college for advanced vocational education for art and design in China, with over five decades of history of cultivating nationally renowned design talents and artists. SADA is the only college of its kind that is now taking on the project of the education system innovations, a pilot education system through collaborations between governments, industries, companies and colleges. It is also a leading college responsible for constructing the resource library of Art and Design in the field of the National Vocational Education.