Xinjiang Arts Institute | Chinese Universities

Founded in 1958, Xinjiang Art Institute is located in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which is known as "the hometown of singing and dancing" and "the hometown of Danqing". It is one of the eight comprehensive art colleges in China and the only comprehensive art college in Northwest China. The Party Committee adheres to the orientation of educating people for the Party and educating people for the country, implements the fundamental task of cultivating people by virtue, highlights the development of quality and connotation, produces talents through education and teaching, produces achievements in art research, and creates fine works for exhibitions and performances, thus becoming an art college with a long history of running a institute, remarkable regional characteristics and distinctive professional characteristics, making positive contributions to the prosperity of the country, especially Xinjiang's cultural and artistic undertakings, promoting the construction of spiritual civilization and expanding the development of foreign exchanges, and being the main force in the cultivation of Xinjiang's cultural and artistic talents.

The institute has three campuses, namely Tuanjie Road East Campus, West Campus and Jinqiao Road Jinqiao Campus, covering an area of 1000 mu. There are 12 teaching units: Conservatory of Music, Dance Academy, Academy of Fine Arts, institute of Design, institute of Calligraphy, institute of Media, institute of Drama, Film and Television, institute of Culture and Art, institute of Marxism, Department of Public Foundation, institute of Adult (Continuing) Education and Secondary Art institute affiliated to it. It covers postgraduate, undergraduate, junior college and technical secondary institute, and has formed a multi-form and multi-level institute-running pattern including full-time education, adult continuing education and distance education, with 6,400 full-time students.

At present, the institute is a master's degree authorization unit, with four first-level discipline master's authorization points under the art category, six professional master's authorization points in 19 directions in research fields and two key disciplines in the autonomous region.

There are 30 undergraduate majors in the institute, including 3 national-level first-class specialty construction sites, 4 autonomous-level first-class specialty construction sites, 1 autonomous-level first-class course and 3 autonomous-level experimental teaching demonstration centers.

The institute has a creative research institute for cultural development in Xinjiang, with 8 creative research centers including music, dance, art, design, calligraphy, media, drama, film and television, culture and art, 4 research institutes including ideological and political education research center, intangible cultural heritage inheritance center, art research institute and Xinjiang Calligraphy Education Research Institute, 2 art design halls, and a large number of off-campus practice bases. Since its establishment, it has trained tens of thousands of cultural and artistic talents for the country.

At present, the institute has 713 faculty members, including 502 full-time teachers, 143 teachers with senior titles such as professors and associate professors, 134 master's tutors, 23 experts who enjoy special allowances from the State Council, outstanding experts with outstanding contributions from the autonomous region, famous teachers of teaching, talents of Tianshan Mountain, famous cultural artists and "four batches" talents, and Tianchi distinguished professor. Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the institute has undertaken more than 300 scientific research projects at all levels, published monographs and 668 academic papers, and won 8 outstanding achievements in philosophy and social sciences in the autonomous region. Journal of Xinjiang Art Institute was rated as "Excellent Social Science Journal of National Colleges and Universities", and "Silk Road Art Research" was selected as "Characteristic Column of Social Science Journal of National Colleges and Universities", showing a good development trend in scientific research.

The institute actively serves the development of cultural and artistic undertakings in the country and autonomous region, and has successively participated in major performances in the country and autonomous region, such as the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games, the 13th National Winter Games, Xinjiang International Dance Festival, the opening ceremony of China Pavilion of Astana World Expo, and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of National Day. It has created and launched a large number of outstanding cultural and artistic works to tour north and south of Tianshan Mountains. Teachers and students have won more than 481 national competition awards and more than 516 provincial and ministerial competition awards in various major competitions at home and abroad.

The institute has continuously promoted various foreign exchange activities, and as the first member unit of China-ASEAN Art University Alliance and Sino-Russian Art University Alliance, it has become an important cultural card in the national "the belt and road initiative" development strategy. Establish friendly exchange relations with more than 20 colleges and art groups in Russia, South Korea, Japan, France, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and other countries as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of China; Maintain exchanges and cooperation with 30 art colleges across the country, and establish long-term counterpart support and cooperative relations with Communication University of China, Central Conservatory of Music and Central Academy of Fine Arts.

In recent years, the institute's strength in running a institute has been remarkably improved, and its social influence and popularity have been continuously improved. It has won the national advanced institute art education units, advanced universities in party building and ideological and political work in autonomous regions, striving for the first place, giving priority to grass-roots party organizations, and facing the future with autonomy. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party Committee of Xinjiang Art Institute will unite and lead the entire institute's teachers and students. Conscientiously implement the Party Central Committee's general plan of governing Xinjiang, especially the general goal of social stability and long-term stability. Under the strong leadership of the Party Committee of the autonomous region, we will continue to build three teams (teaching team, management team and service team), implement four key points (based on stability, employment-oriented, focusing on the connotation construction of quality development, and taking reform and innovation as the driving force), and move towards "distinctive features, outstanding advantages and innovation".