The predecessor of the Academy of Art & Design was the Central Academy of Arts & Design, which was founded in 1956 as China's first institution of higher learning for art and design.
In 1999, the academy merged with Tsinghua University, and the merger is regarded as a big achievement in higher education administrative reforms.
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