Shandong University of Art & design, located in Jinan City, Shandong Province, is the planning and construction unit of the national "13th five year plan" industry education integration development project, the first batch of engineering construction units of famous universities with applied talents training characteristics in Shandong Province, and the construction unit of doctoral degree awarding project in Shandong Province from 2017 to 2023.The school was founded in 1973, formerly known as Jinan arts and Crafts technical school established in June 1973. In September 1977, with the approval of Shandong Provincial Planning Commission, Jinan arts and Crafts technical school was transformed into Shandong Arts and crafts school. In September 1982, with the approval of the people's Government of Shandong Province, Shandong Arts and crafts school was renamed as the arts and Crafts branch of Shandong Institute of light industry. In April 1992, approved by the State Education Commission, Shandong Institute of Arts and crafts was established.As of December 2018, the university has three campuses, covering a total area of 601028 square meters, with a total value of 120.2778 million yuan of teaching and scientific research equipment and a collection of 700000 paper books. It has 15 teaching units, 29 undergraduate majors and 3 first-class master's degree authorization points. It has 605 full-time and part-time teachers, 6453 ordinary undergraduate students and 237 master's students.