The Glasgow School of Art and Tsinghua University Renew
Partnership, Strengthening Academic and Cultural Ties
R to L : Sai Ma, Dean of Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts & Design and Professor Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow School Art.
Photo credit Elaine Livingston
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Overview of Tsinghua University / The Glasgow School of Art collaboration
QS rank (2024): Top 24; Top 3 in Art & Design in China.
• 2009, signed first MoU
• 2018, signed student-exchange agreement. (3 exchange students from Tsinghua, including a PhD exchange student.)
• Erasmus+ projects（2015/16/17）
•2020: GSA had the ‘Sharing a view: Contemporary Art from Glasgow’ in Tsinghua Art Museum,
• exchange teaching in the S&J, interior design, PDE, sculpture, serious games.
•S&J staff exhibited their work at Tsinghua
• GSA delivered the presentations and exhibited work in ICADE (Tsinghua International Conference in Art & Design Education) (2019/2021/2022/2023)/2024);
• 2021, The Film Panorama and The Academic Symposium, Documenting the Landscape Painter James Morrison (GSA graduate) : Eye of the Storm.
• 2024, Tsinghua sent 3 PhD students to join in the Winter School;
About Tsinghua University
The Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, with The Central Academy of Arts & Design being its predecessor, was established in 1956. It was merged into Tsinghua University in 1999, resulting in the first higher education institute of arts and design in China.
Since its establishment, the mission of the Academy has been twofold: serving the daily needs of the population and contributing to the economic and cultural development of the country. Its notable achievements include design work for the "Top Ten Architectural Decorations", the Beijing Olympics, and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the National Day (e.g. the two long red ribbons on Tian'anmen Square, parade floats and ceremonial vehicles).
The Academy can grant doctorate degrees in three first-level disciplines, namely design, fine arts, and art theory. In addition to a basic teaching and research group, there are ten departments to cover textile and fashion design, ceramic design, visual communication design, environmental art design, industrial design, arts and crafts, information art & design, painting, sculpture, and art history.
The Academy has developed a comprehensive platform integrating teaching, research and academic publications. Its Laboratory for Arts & Design Education, a website national experimental teaching demonstration centre, consists of 29 labs. It publishes ZHUANGSHI, a core art journal in China.
The Academy actively cultivates "virtuous, artistic, knowledgeable and creative" talents, putting a premium on individuality and innovation. It aims to raise its international profile and strengthen its global influence, and will continue to expand on the tradition, enhance the integration of arts and science, and strive to become a global centre of excellence for art education.
www.tsinghua.edu.cn [https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/]
About The Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s leading independent university-level institutions for education and research in the visual creative disciplines. Our studio-based, specialist, practice-led teaching, learning and research draw talented individuals with a shared passion for visual culture and creative production from all over the world.
Originally founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of Design, the School’s history can be traced back to 1753 and the establishment of the Foulis Academy delivering a European-style art education. Today, the GSA is an international community of over 3500 students and staff across architecture, design, digital, fine art and innovation in our campuses in Glasgow and Altyre (in the Scottish Highlands) and a thriving Open Studio programme delivering non-degree provision to over 1500 students annually.
www.gsa.ac.uk [http://www.gsa.ac.uk/]
