Shanghai Institute of Visual Art
| 上海视觉艺术学院 | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2005 |
| President | Gong Xueping |
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Academic staff
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300 full-time teachers |
| Students | 3,800 |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Campus | Songjiang University Town |
| Website | www |
The Fudan University Shanghai Institute of Visual Art (SIVA) (上海视觉艺术学院) is a public university in Songjiang District of Shanghai, China.
SIVA was established in September 2005 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. The college was founded as an art and design school by Fudan University, Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group, Wenhui-Xinmin United Press Group, Shanghai Jingwen Investment Ltd., Shanghai Jingwen Properties Group, Shanghai Shenjiao Investment Co., Shanghai World Expo Group, Shanghai Cred Real Estate Stock Co., Emperor Entertainment Group Ltd, The 9 Ltd and Shanda Internet Development.
Songjiang University Town, SIVA covers an area of nearly 1,000 mu with a total floor area of 120,000 square meters in Shanghai. The campus consists of academic buildings, information center, practice center, stadium and student cafeteria in place. It is adjacent to the six universities: Shanghai International Studies University; Donghua University; Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade; Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences; Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce and East China University of Politics and Law. SIVA shares teaching and living resources with Songjiang University Town for faculty and students.
State-owned funds account for over 90% of the total investment SIVA has received; the rest comes from social groups.
SIVA provides a teaching model focused upon professor studios and offers a complete credit system.
The faculty is made up of full-time teachers, visiting professors and part-time teachers as well as honorary professors from home and abroad. SIVA has developing an international platform for working together with international experts on advanced art education.
Guest lecturers and professors include actor Jackie Chan, fresco artist Rainer Maria Latzke, Beowulf and Spider-Man movie animator Sing-Chong Foo, Japanese manga artist Makoto Ogino, the creator of the “Peacock King”, and painters Carlos Morell Orlandis and Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman.
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