School Profile

Beijing Arts and Crafts School in Guangxi, then a technical secondary school, was established, first-time recruiting 68 students.

The school was renamed Beijing College of Art and Design in Guangxi.

The college started joint education with Guilin College of Technology and began admitting junior college students.

Beihai Vocational College of Art and Design was set up. The first enrollment focused on the following majors: computer art design, sculpture art, fashion design, environmental art design, painting, and graphic art design.

The college founded the Beijing Practical Training Base, which was affiliated with the Adult Education Department of the School of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University.

The college’s project “Series of Lectures by Eminent Professors” has officially been initiated. At the end of 2021, it has invited 233 famous teachers and experts, holding a total of 336 lectures.

For the first time the college has been expanded and then put into use (with the East Campus expanding eastward). We successively constructed and used the 3-5 floors of the Juewu Building, the Comprehensive Building in East Campus, the Office Area, the Library, the Faculty Dormitory Building, and the Student Dormitory Building.

The college has accepted and passed through the evaluation of talent training organized by the Guangxi Department of Education.

 In November, the university underwent a comprehensive evaluation organized by the Ministry of Education for its upgrade from associate college to undergraduate university program.

 On May 27th, the Ministry of Education issued a document approving the establishment of Beihai University of Art and Design. In the same year, four undergraduate majors were launched: Visual Communication Design, Environmental Arts Design, Animation, and Fashion Design. In November, the undergraduate support project in Tibet was initiated in accordance with the deployment of the Ministry of Education.

 The construction of the Western Campus was completed and inaugurated.

 The Western Campus was officially put into use.

 The university's student population exceeded ten thousand for the first time. The new library and gymnasium in the Western Campus were completed and put into use, and construction began on No.11 elevator dormitory building for students in the Western Campus.

 A panel of experts conducted a bachelor's degree authorization audit and inspection at the university. The Inaugural Meeting of the Advisory Committee and the first plenary meeting of the committee members were held.

 The university signed a credit recognition and dual bachelor's degree cooperation agreement with the University of Derby in the United Kingdom. The  No.11 elevator dormitory building in the Western Campus had been completed.