General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed thatTo comprehensively strengthen and improve aesthetic education in schools,Adhere to the aesthetic education of people, cultural people,Improve students' aesthetic and humanistic qualities。Over the years, Beijing Institute of TechnologyConstantly strengthen the construction of fine liberal arts,Strengthen the driving force, collaboration, and innovation of the liberal arts,Focus on shaping a high-quality liberal arts development system,A number of fine liberal arts, represented by the design discipline, are flourishing.It has strongly supported the construction of world-class universities。This year, marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Design discipline of Beitech,Let's walk into the School of Design and Art,Enjoy the spring and autumn fruits of 40 years of design discipline。

In 1984, with the tide of the reform and opening up era, the Industrial Design Department of Beijing Institute of Technology, the predecessor of the School of Design and Art of Beijing Institute of Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "School of Design"), came into being, and was the first professional design department established after the reform and opening up。In the past 40 years, the School of Design has always been oriented to the major strategic needs of the country and the economic and social development, adhere to the "walking with design", promote the development of the discipline with strength, temperature and tolerance, and cultivate a large number of top-notch innovative talents with northern characteristics, national feelings and global vision。In the 2023 QS World University Art and Design Subject Rankings, the design subject ranks 151-200, ranking 8th in the country。

"While promoting the development of China's contemporary design discipline, the College pays particular attention to the development of disciplinary characteristics, multicultural communication, international education and top-notch talent training, hoping to put forward new ideas, find new paths and give new answers in the new model.。Yang Jianming, dean of the School of Design, said。

Step out of the way of discipline development with the characteristics of BEIT

In March 1985, he led the establishment of the national Institute of Industrial Design of colleges and Universities

1983年8月，The school set up industrial product modeling design laboratory，Provide training courses on industrial product modeling design，It laid the foundation for the establishment of the Department of Industrial Design.The year 1984，The school appointed Wu Yongjian as the group leader，Preparing for the establishment of the Industrial design department;The year 1985，The industrial design program began to enroll students，From then on, the Department of Industrial design began to flourish。In the 1980s, China's scientific and technological strength grew rapidly along with economic development, and its comprehensive national strength continued to improve。How can the discipline work with and serve the needs of the country？At the beginning of its establishment, the design discipline put forward the goal of "taking the road of serving the national strategic development and building a design discipline matching the advantages and characteristics of the university", and defined the unique scientific research direction of "product design in the national key field"。

Industrial design students take a design course in 1986

Over the years, the school has participated in more than 100 national key field design projects, and has become a representative department of national key field product design。Focusing on the organic combination of scientific research, teaching and social services, the school has established 26 practice bases, laboratories and platforms for industry-university-research cooperation, set up interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary expert teams, and built a teaching and research practice system integrating industry-university-research。

Entering the new century, the design discipline has also stepped into the fast track of development。In 2000, it was approved to authorize the Master's degree of Design Arts.In 2012, it was approved as a key major of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology;In 2016, it was approved as a first-level doctoral program in design.In 2018, it was approved as the Key Laboratory of Industrial Manufacturing Art Innovation Design of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology。At present, the college has two national first-class professional construction points and two first-class professional construction points in Beijing。

The college integrates the excellent traditional Chinese culture into the development of disciplines

On February 4, 2022, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the program "Beginning of Spring" takes traditional Chinese culture as the background color, and perfectly interprets the "Chinese romance".。Behind this, it is the ingenuity of the teachers and students of the School of Design to use traditional Chinese aesthetics to enable modern art performance。In recent years, the discipline of design has actively explored cultural inheritance and development, forming another characteristic development direction of the discipline, namely "design cultural inheritance".。As a witness of the development and construction of the college, Wang Legeng deeply participated in and vigorously promoted the innovative development of the discipline。In 2002, he took the lead in creating a base for inheriting traditional handmade arts。In 2019, the base was approved by the Ministry of Education as the Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture Inheritance Base。

The faculty and students team participated in the design of the Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony "Spring" program

The Macao float designed by the scientific research team of the College won the "Beauty Award" for the 70th anniversary of the National Day.

In recent years，The School of Design highlights the advantages and characteristics of disciplines, optimizes the structure and layout of disciplines, and strengthens the construction of infrastructure，Built "Liangxiang campus as the core area of discipline development.，The four-in-one discipline development pattern is supported by teaching platform, international exchange platform, quality expansion platform and professional practice platform，Formed a unique "design" development paradigm，It provides support and guarantee for the high-quality development of the discipline。The discipline has been bursting with vitality and fruitful achievements。Approved the first batch of New liberal arts research and reform practice projects of the Ministry of Education, National key research and development program projects, National Nature Fund projects, and many teachers were awarded the honors of China's Top Ten Outstanding Young People in the design industry and Beijing's Outstanding Talents in Industrial design。

Four-in-one discipline development pattern

Building a community of high-quality international exchanges and cooperation

Taking root in China to build a world-class university, it is necessary to plan and promote discipline construction and plan the development of the college with an international vision and vision。In recent years, the School of Design has vigorously promoted international exchanges and cooperation, coordinated the "going out" and "bringing in", effectively used world-class educational resources and innovative elements, and focused on building a scientific research innovation platform and talent training base。

On January 31, 2024, the school signed a contract with Italian Blue Design Group to build the "Beili European Design Practice Education Base".。The two sides will give full play to the regional and industrial advantages of Turin, the world design capital, build a platform for training cross-regional and cross-cultural leading design talents, promote the communication and exchange of high-level design art and culture between China and Italy and between China and Europe, and promote the integrated development of design education and world industry。

The College and Italy BLUE Blue Design Group signed a cooperation agreement for the European Design Practice Education Base

On March 1, 2024, the "Health Space Joint Laboratory" between Beijing Institute of Technology and the University of Edinburgh was put into operation。The two universities will carry out innovative research on global environmental health, promote interdisciplinary integration, provide a platform for multi-directional, cross-cutting and international scientific research cooperation, and provide impetus for international talent training。

The "Health Space Joint Laboratory" between the Beijing Institute of Technology and the University of Edinburgh was put into operation

The degree of internationalization of discipline development is an important index to measure the first-class discipline。In recent years，The School of Design deepens its circle of friends around the world，We will continue to improve our global cooperation，The Joint Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction and Future was jointly established with Osaka University in Japan, and the Joint Laboratory of Wisdom Heritage of the Iconographic Art Group was jointly established with Crete University of Technology in Greece，Exchanges and cooperation with well-known universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, South Korea and other countries，To build an international academic resource platform，Promote the global development of design education。

The school has exchanges and cooperation with well-known universities around the world

"Through a series of international lectures, I have a deeper understanding of the international frontier and development trends of my major, and also expanded my global vision and academic vision," said Zhang Hanwen, a graduate student of the school in 2022。The school holds high-quality academic conferences and lectures with high frequency, introduces leading teaching concepts, high-quality curriculum resources and teaching modes, promotes teachers to constantly innovate curriculum design and teaching methods, integrates the latest scientific research results into the classroom, and stimulates students' innovative thinking and enthusiasm for scientific research。The school holds more than 10 international academic lectures every year，"Designer's Door Series" lectured by professors from University of Technology Sydney, Politecnico di Milano and Senior Design Director of Mercedes-Benz，"Design AND Series" lectured by Fellow of the Royal College of Art and Professor of Loughborough University，Popular among teachers and students。

The school holds various international academic lectures

In addition, the School has made great efforts to carry out international design education workshops, inviting professors from internationally renowned universities, senior industry experts and design teams to share their experiences with students, creating opportunities for students to understand the international top design ideas and participate in practice, and stimulating students' creative thinking and artistic inspiration。San Francisco State University Professor Gomez and Stanford University Professor Adriana led the "Elderly Design Workshop" for more than 10 years。In the world-famous "Stanford University Senior Design Competition", the three teams of the workshop entered the top nine, with the best result being the top three in the world。

Make every effort to cultivate top innovative talents

"Who to train, how to train people, for whom to train people" is the fundamental problem of education, but also the core topic of building an educational power。In recent years, the School of Design has always adhered to the guidance of party building, built a sustainable development art design talent training system that meets the "national social needs, national cultural needs, industrial needs, and diversified talent needs", and has trained a large number of outstanding talents in the field of industrial design in China。

In 2021, the School of Design set up the "International University Student Innovative Practice Design Award" and solicited works from design students in higher education institutions around the world, which received widespread attention from teachers and students of design schools around the world, and received 1609 works from 15 countries。The holding of the competition is not a temporary move, which reflects the overall design and systematic planning of the college for many years to adhere to the "education by competition" and "promoting training by competition"。

Yang Haojing, a graduate student of the class of 2019, has won the "world's three major design awards" - "RED-DOT" Award, IF Award and IDEA Award

Li Jia-Xiang, a 2017 undergraduate, won the German "RED-DOT" Design Award and the German "IF" Design Award, two top awards in the global design industry

In recent years, the College insists on "promoting training through competition", pays attention to the integration of professional learning and innovative education, attaches equal importance to theoretical teaching and practical education, cultivates students' innovative thinking, innovative spirit and innovative ability, and insists on cultivating innovative talents in the coordination of competition and teaching。The school has organized students to participate in various competitions, and many students have won the highest podium in the international top design competitions. They have won the Best Design Award of the German RED-DOT Design Award, the Best Design Award of the Year of the German IF Design Rookie Award, and the IDEA Prize Award of the United States, realizing the Grand slam of the international design awards。In the "Challenge Cup", "Internet +" and other kinds of college student innovation and entrepreneurship competition won more than 100 awards, in the past five years in the international college student snow sculpture competition won the highest design award 4 times。

"The academy has given me a free platform to show my talents，Let me realize my personal value in social service，Use professional knowledge to help rural revitalization，It also strengthened my confidence and determination to participate in the construction of a strong country!"Said Bai Yingxi, the third winner of the first National College Student Career Planning Competition in Beijing and a 2023 graduate student of the School of Design。Since its inception, the School of Design has attached great importance to the ideological and political education of students, strengthened the ideological guidance of students, and generations of graduates have devoted themselves to national key fields。

The Academy held an art exhibition of "Vigorously promoting the Spirit of Yan 'an and Starting from the New Goal of Struggle - Yan 'an under the pen of Chinese oil painting masters"

“我们都很喜欢这些创作活动，在实践中我们更加深刻理解了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，同时也意识到了新时代青年肩负的使命与责任。In the activities of the three-dimensional "Party building courtyard" in the Xihe community in Beijing and the painting of the Winter Olympic wall of the Shougang Ski Jump Platform, many students of the college expressed their aspirations。In recent years，The school gives full play to its academic advantages，Transform the "red resources" into a large class of ideological and political education for students，Pay attention to social practice, service and security in major national activities，Strengthen students' ideals and beliefs，A number of students have served in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the Beijing Axis application for World heritage and other activities。

The college has been awarded the red "1+1" demonstration activity of Beijing universities for five consecutive times, and has been approved two provincial and ministerial party building research topics。Organize students to participate in the collection of Party building design works carried out by the Central Civilization Office, the People's Daily, and the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, and guide students to learn ideas, strengthen professionalism, and keep the original heart in creation。In 2022 and 2023, it was awarded the excellent organizational unit of "Building a Strong Awareness of the Chinese Nation Community Poster Design" in Beijing。

"Forty years of spring and autumn fruits, 90,000 miles of wind Peng is lifting.。Facing the future, the teachers and students of the School of Design will forge ahead with courage and perseverance, write a new chapter in the construction of fine liberal arts with the fruits of high-quality development, and contribute "design" strength in the journey of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics。Zhao Man, secretary of the Party Committee of the college, said。