Shandong Art College was founded in 1958, located in Jinan, a famous historical and cultural city surrounded by famous springs. It is a university jointly established by the Shandong Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and has the right to award master's degrees in five first-class disciplines under the art category. It is the project construction unit that was awarded the doctor's degree in Shandong Province from 2017 to 2023.
The school has two campuses, Wendong and Changqing, covering an area of 1 1,000 mu, with a construction area of nearly 370,000 ㎡, total fixed assets of nearly 654.38 billion yuan, and a collection of more than 940,000 books, including Conservatory of Music, Academy of Fine Arts, Theatre Academy, Modern Conservatory of Music, School of Design, School of Art Management, Dance Academy, Theatre Academy, Media College and Vocational College.
The school has been accelerating the pace of internationalization, signed friendly exchange agreements with 28 universities in Australia, the United States, France, Russia, South Korea, Japan and other countries, and carried out a series of exchanges and cooperation in academic exchanges, teacher exchanges, student exchanges and art exhibitions.