The Art & Design Department of Weihai Vocational College was founded in September 2002, setting up six majors, including Fashion Design, Music Performance, Environmental Art Design, Advertising Design & Production, Digital Media Art Design, and Animation Design. Now the department possesses one State-Level Course, seven Provincial Quality Courses, one Provincial Featured Specialty, one Provincial-Level Excellent Teachers and 60 practice bases outside the school. Art & Design Department has a strong teaching faculty of totally 50, including 6 with senior titles, 29 with intermediate certificates, 12 with junior titles, 1 chief technician in textile industry in Shandong province, 12 senior technicians, and 9 technicians. There are 31 teachers with master degrees and 2 master students. Seven part-time teachers are employed. The rate of “dual quality teachers” accounts for 98% of the number of teachers, and more than 20 people are invited to guide students practical training from enterprises.
