On the basis of a strong faculty of Peking University, Peking University Painting and Calligraphy Institute has hired scholars and calligraphers such as Ouyang, Li Xueqin, and Zhang Zhaoguang as visiting professors, and scholars and artists such as Wen, Yan, Yan and Ge Zhaoguang, as well as famous artists and scholars from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Britain, France, Japan, Korea and the United States, to teach and guide the artistic creation activities of graduate students.
In the autumn of 2004, the first calligraphy art graduate class in Peking University enrolled 66 graduate students.