Shandong Academy of Arts and Crafts is located in Jinan City, Shandong Province. It was founded in 1973. It has two campuses, Qianfo Mountain and Changqing, as well as the national production-education integration Qingdao base and Zibo base. It is the only design university among independent public art colleges in China. Now it has formed a multi-level school-running pattern of postgraduate education, undergraduate education, higher vocational education, continuing education, community art education and secondary art education. There are School of Visual Communication Design, School of Architecture and Landscape Design, School of Industrial Design, School of Fashion, School of Plastic Arts, School of Modern Handicraft Art, School of Digital Art and Media, School of Humanities and Art, School of Applied Design, School of Continuing Education, and public course teaching There are 14 teaching units including the Ministry of Marxism, the School of Marxism, the Art and Design Practice Teaching Center, the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the affiliated secondary art school (the second-level social welfare institution at the division level of the school). Art Research Institute, Design Strategy Research Center, Art Anthropology Research Institute, Image Art Research Institute and other research institutions. Edited and published the journal "Journal of Shandong Academy of Arts and Crafts" and the school newspaper "Journal of Shandong Academy of Arts and Crafts". There are school websites and professional websites such as "Design·China". The school is the construction unit of the national "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" production-education integration development project, the first batch of application-oriented talents training characteristic famous school construction units in Shandong Province, the 2017-2023 Ph.D. The construction unit of the manufacturing design innovation and entrepreneurship community, and the first batch of supporting units for the construction of applied undergraduate colleges and universities in Shandong Province.

The school attaches great importance to discipline construction. The discipline setting involves 4 disciplines of art, literature, engineering, and management, 12 first-level disciplines, and 34 undergraduate majors. Distinctive discipline and professional layout. Design is a high-level discipline "peak discipline" construction discipline in Shandong Province. Design art, art, drama and film and television are the key disciplines of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" in Shandong Province, and design art is a characteristic key discipline in Shandong Province. Design Art and Art are the positions of "Taishan Scholar". Art theory, design, and fine arts are the first-level subject master's degree authorization points, and art design, fine art, and radio and television are the authorized subject areas for the master of fine arts (MFA) professional degree. In the "2022 Soft Science Ranking of China's Best Subjects" list, the school's design degree ranks 6th, continuing to rank among the top 5% disciplines in the country.

The school adheres to the school-running philosophy of "seeking development with characteristics". The school has a national talent training model innovation experimental area, a national experimental teaching demonstration center, a Shandong provincial college talent training model innovation experimental area, and a Shandong provincial experimental (teaching) demonstration center. Art design, animation, and art design are national-level characteristic majors. 13 majors, such as industrial design, arts and crafts, art and technology, have been included in the national first-class undergraduate major construction sites; 16 majors, including fashion design and engineering, have been listed in the first-class undergraduate major construction sites in Shandong Province; 4 professional groups are Shandong Province High-level application-oriented project construction professional group; 9 courses were selected or recommended for the review of national first-class undergraduate courses, and 20 courses were selected as first-class undergraduate courses in Shandong Province. The school insists on cultivating people with morality, takes "designing for the people" as its mission, practices the core values of socialism, adheres to the educational concept of "ideological and political + design", insists on two-way interaction between ideological and political education and professional education, and establishes and continuously Optimize the "innovative and practical teaching system" of design education, and strive to cultivate innovative applied design talents with "scientific spirit, humanistic quality, artistic innovation, and practical ability". In the 2022 Soft Science Chinese University Rankings by Major, the school has 6 A+ majors on the list, and the number of A+ majors ranks sixth among art colleges in the country.

The school builds a high-quality teaching staff. Among the teachers are leading talents in national philosophy and social sciences, senior experts contacted by the central government, famous Chinese cultural experts and "four batches" talents of the Central Propaganda Department, experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, deputy directors of the Higher Education Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, national Excellent Communist Party Member, National Excellent Teacher, National Advanced Educator, Top Ten Outstanding Youths in China’s Design Industry, Young Talents Promoting Ideology and Culture, Distinguished Professor of Shandong “Taishan Scholars”, Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in Shandong Province, Professional in Shandong Province Top-notch technical talents, famous teaching teachers in Shandong Province, Qilu cultural talents, etc. At the same time, there are honorary professors, visiting professors, part-time professors and "Six Arts Scholars" specially-appointed professors at home and abroad.

The school has outstanding achievements in scientific research and creation. There are "National Animation Industry Development Base", "China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center Traditional Handicraft Research Base", Shandong Province "Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center", Shandong Province International Cultural and Creative Industry Research and Development Center, Chinese Handmade Collaborative Innovation Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory "Environmental Art Design Comprehensive Laboratory" and other national, provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms. In recent years, the school has undertaken and completed national, provincial and ministerial key research projects such as major bidding projects of the National Social Science Fund and key projects of the National Social Science Fund; participated in or presided over projects such as "Chinese folk cultural heritage rescue project" and "handicraft countryside" ;Teachers and students have won many awards such as gold medals, silver medals, and bronze prizes in previous "National Art Exhibitions", and have achieved excellent results in international design competitions such as the German Red Dot Conceptual Design Competition and the American Formula Elasticity International Design Championship ("FE") , has won many awards such as the Gold Award of the College of Chinese University Student Advertising Art Festival, the Best New Designer of the "Huacan Award" in the Cross-Strait New Design Competition, the Champion Award of the "Wukong Cup" China International Comic Contest, and the First Prize of the China University Model Competition.

The school has achieved fruitful results in serving the society. In recent years, the school has given full play to its professional advantages and participated in the completion of the official poster design of the Beijing Olympic Games, the visual image system design of the 11th "National Games", the Shandong Activity Week of the Yeosu World Expo in South Korea, the Shandong Exhibition Area of the China (Shenzhen) Cultural Expo, and the fifth China National Games. Design, construction and operation of the Shandong Pavilion of the International Import Expo "China's Ten Years" Opening Up Achievement Exhibition, etc., completed the Shandong Regional Development Strategy Theme Exhibition, the Shandong Activity Week of the China Pavilion in the Dubai World Expo, and the Shandong Activity Week of the China Pavilion in the Kazakhstan Astana World Expo, etc. A series of key design projects; successively presided over and completed the design of the Shandong Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo, the artistic and creative design of the SCO Qingdao Summit, the "National Day Reception" and the design of the achievement exhibition for the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the solicitation and review of the image logo design of China's national parks, China National A series of iconic major design tasks such as park derivative design, participated in the 4th China International Import Expo, undertook the art design exhibition area of the 13th National Art Exhibition, and built a communication platform for art design career and design education. Deeply promote the "Shandong Handmade" project, serve the national strategy of the Yellow River, help build a model for rural revitalization in Qilu, continue to establish a new benchmark for the school to serve the country and society, and create a university brand of "design serving the society". The school won the Shandong Provincial Labor Award for Enriching the People and Prospering Lu, and the grassroots organization won honorary titles such as the Advanced Collective of Shandong Province in Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic, the Advanced Collective of the National Education System, the National March 8th Red Flag Collective, the National Civilized Post of Women, and the Provincial Excellent Team of Officers and Entrepreneurs.

The school has signed cooperation agreements with the people's governments of more than ten cities in Shandong Province and the National Museum of China, well-known enterprises such as Inspur Group, Haier Group, and Shandong Taishan Football Club to comprehensively carry out cooperation and cooperation in key projects such as industrial design, urban planning, and cultural and creative industries. Think tank services have achieved positive results. Co-construct the Qingdao Base of National Industry-Education Integration with Qingdao City to carry out student teaching practice, school-enterprise cooperation, scientific and technological research and development, collaborative innovation, and achievement transformation; and jointly build the "National Industry-Education Integration Project Jinan Cultural and Creative Design Industry Base" with Jinan City, Create a first-class city-school integrated development platform; establish the "Jinan Cultural and Tourism Creative Industry Alliance" with 12 provincial and municipal enterprises (units), and actively explore the industry-university-research cooperation model of the cultural and creative industry. The school established a cultural and creative industry management committee to build a "golden seed" incubator for cultural and creative industries in Shandong Province, and constantly improve the integration of production and education development mechanisms for professional talent training, creative design research and development, and integration of regional economy and cultural services.

The school implements an open school strategy. Establish extensive educational cooperation and international academic exchange relations with universities (institutions) in many countries and regions, sign exchange and cooperation agreements with many universities, and expand a series of overseas educational cooperation projects relying on rich international cooperation resources. The school joined the International Alliance of Schools of Design and Art (CUMULUS) in 2005 and the International Council of Design (Ico-D) in 2008, and held alliance meetings and educational exchange activities as a member. In recent years, "China (Jinan) Contemporary International Photography Biennale", "China International College Student Design Biennale", "International Art Academy (School) Presidents High-Level Forum and Art Science Taishan Scholars Forum" and "Taishan Academic Forum-Art Science Topics and International Forum on 'New Urbanization and Traditional Crafts Protection and Development'", "The Second International Public Art Award Jinan Academic Symposium", "2020 International Public Art Researcher Conference", "2021 International Design Education Scholars Conference", "2022 International Design Literacy Academic Conference" Conference” and other major exhibitions and academic seminars, deepen academic and cultural exchanges, and continuously expand the school’s international reputation and influence.

Adhering to the spirit of the school motto of "Crafts created by nature and unique craftsmanship", the school focuses on the characteristics of design art education, and earnestly undertakes the mission of the university in personnel training, scientific research, social services, and cultural inheritance, for "design serves the society, design leads life" Keep going.