Founded in 1958, the Fine Arts Academy of Hunan Normal University is the art academy of higher learning with the longest history in Hunan province. It is one of the eight national physical education and art teacher training bases in China .

It has a complete undergraduate program of five main directions, Art Education, Fine Arts, Visual Communication, Environmental Art, Digital&Media. Based on the above five directions,

the Academy also offers both theoretical and practical based postgraduate programs.

Meanwhile, it is also entitled to offer PhD program with scientific degree in art, in the four main directions: Chinese Traditional Art, Western Art, Art Theory, and Public Art.

The institute covers a usable floor area of 14400 squaremeters. There are more than 70,000 professional books, more than 300 pieces of ancient and modern celebrity paintings,

more than 14,000 imported professional books and more than 17,000 periodicals in foreign languages.

There are 86 full-time academics in the institute, including 6 Ph.D. supervisors, 20 professors and 23 associate professors. 48 academics with doctor’s degree or master’s degree.

More than 10 external experts and scholars, both from home and abroad, work in the institute as part-time tutors.Besides, with outstanding artists and scholars,

such as, Mervyn Klansky, Kan Tian-Kueng，Wang Min, and Yi Ying, the Academy also owns a strong team of visiting professors.

The Academy has stable co-operation relationships with many world renowned universities, such as, Musashino Art University,

University of Birmingham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, The University of Sydney, and Central Saint Martins College.

In addition, it has also built up cooperations with social enterprises and nonprofit organizations to encourage students to develop real designer-to-client relationships.