School of Film and Animation evolved from the Animation major established in 2003 and the Radio and Television Directing major established in 2004. Currently, it consists of three departments: the Department of Animation, the Department of Film and Television Arts, and the Department of Digital Media. The school is equipped with 1 national-level art practice education base, 21 industry-university cooperation education bases (projects) approved by the Ministry of Education, and 9 employment-education bases (projects) of supply and demand docking approved by the Ministry of Education. It also houses 4 provincial and ministerial-level teaching and research platforms: the Sichuan Provincial Key Research Base for Social Sciences – Sichuan Animation Research Center, the Sichuan Provincial Animation and Game 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center, the Sichuan Provincial Digital Animation Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, and the Sichuan Provincial Curriculum Ideological and Political Teaching Demonstration Research Center; 2 provincial and department-level literary and artistic criticism bases (centers): the Sichuan Literary and Art Criticism (Chengdu University) Base and the Sichuan Literary and Art Criticism (Chengdu University) Center; 2 municipal-level bases: the Chengdu Digital Animation Original Center and the Chengdu Animation Talent Training Base; and 1 research and creation center affiliated to a national first-class academic society: the Microfilm Research and Creation Center of the University Film and Television Association of China. The school is a member unit of the Teaching Steering Committee for Theatre, Film and Television Studies and Journalism and Communication Studies of ordinary undergraduate colleges and universities in Sichuan Province.

Disciplines and Programs

The school holds the authorization for the professional master's degree program in Theatre, Film and Television Arts, enrolling postgraduates in the research directions of Film and Television Animation, Film and Television Editing, and New Media Art Communication. It offers three undergraduate programs: Animation, Radio and Television Editing, and Digital Media Art.The Animation major is a national-level characteristic major, a national first-class undergraduate program construction site, ranked Class A in the 2025 Soft Science China University Major Ranking, a first-class major co-constructed by the university and the city of Chengdu, a five-star major, and ranked 4th in the 2023-2024 China University Undergraduate Major Competitiveness Ranking.The Radio and Television Directing major is a national first-class undergraduate program construction site, ranked Class B+ in the 2025 Soft Science China University Major Ranking, a provincial comprehensive reform pilot major, a provincial "curriculum ideological and political" demonstration major and a provincial "curriculum ideological and political" teaching demonstration team construction site, a five-star major, and ranked 10th in the 2023-2024 China University Undergraduate Major Competitiveness Ranking.The Digital Media Art major is a university-level first-class undergraduate program and ranked Class B+ in the 2025 Soft Science China University Major Ranking.

Faculty Team

The school has gathered well-known domestic film, television and animation experts and scholars such as Zhou Xing, Gao Xixi, Sun Lijun and Ouyang Hongsheng to serve as specially-appointed dean, honorary dean, academic committee members and visiting professors. Currently, the school has 63 faculty and staff members, including 24 teachers with senior professional titles, 3 postdoctoral fellows, 29 doctors, 28 masters, 22 teachers with overseas education background, and 26 "double-qualified" teachers. There are 12 members in expert pools at or above the provincial level, including 1 national leader in the radio and television and online audio-visual industry, 1 national young innovative talent in the radio and television and online audio-visual industry, 1 academic and technical leader in Sichuan Province, 3 candidates for academic and technical leaders in Sichuan Province, 1 of the first batch of provincial leaders in the radio and television and online audio-visual industry in Sichuan Province, and 2 provincial young innovative talents in the radio and television and online audio-visual industry in Sichuan Province. Teachers of the school have won 1 Sichuan Provincial First "Four-Having" Good Teacher title, 1 Sichuan Provincial March 8th Red Banner Holder title, 1 Sichuan Provincial Women Model Worker title, and 4 Chengdu Excellent Young Teachers and Excellent Counselors honorary titles.

Talent Cultivation

Relying on the regional advantages of Chengdu as a national central city and the comprehensive disciplinary and professional advantages of Chengdu University, the school upholds the motto of "Uphold Virtue, Master Art; Pursue Truth and Beauty, Achieve Shared Harmony". It focuses on "Art + Technology" to promote education and teaching, creation and practice, and comprehensive reform of "whole-person education". The school prioritizes the creation and R&D of digital virtual production, ultra-high-definition digital images, AI intelligent animation, microfilms and short dramas, VR/AR new media film and television, etc., serves the strategic image presentation and cultural and creative design in major events of Chengdu, continuously strengthens substantive cooperation with enterprises, and realizes the deep integration of on-campus experiments and off-campus practice, as well as on-campus simulated training and off-campus real practice, cultivating "new liberal arts" and "new engineering" talents in the film and television field with the deep integration of art and technology.As of October 2025, the school has 1,288 students, including 967 domestic undergraduates, 112 postgraduates, 190 international undergraduates and 19 international postgraduates. In the past three years, teachers and students have created 2 feature films, 9 documentaries and more than 400 short films, among which more than 50 have been broadcast on Xuexi Qiangguo (Study Power), more than 70 on CCTV Video, and more than 50 on Xinhuanet. 5 works have been commended by the National Radio and Television Administration, and 1 work has been commended by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. The school has won 1 first prize, 1 second prize and 1 third prize of provincial and ministerial-level teaching achievement awards, 1 first prize of provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological progress award, more than 10 provincial and ministerial-level creation awards and 6 theoretical awards. It has been approved 1 provincial curriculum ideological and political demonstration course, 1 demonstration major, 1 demonstration teaching team and 1 demonstration case, 10 university-level curriculum ideological and political demonstration courses, 2 university-level curriculum ideological and political demonstration majors and 2 demonstration teaching teams. In the past five years, 9 teachers have been awarded the title of "Most Popular Teacher" of Chengdu University and selected into the "Young Teacher Program", winning 4 provincial and ministerial-level teaching achievement awards, 7 provincial and ministerial-level honorary titles, and more than 30 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research and creation awards.Since its establishment, the school has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the national film, television, animation, performance and other fields. Outstanding alumni include Lang Sibo and Liu Xin, the art directors of Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child (box office exceeding 5 billion yuan) and Ne Zha: Demon Child in the Sea (box office of 15.9 billion yuan); Peng Chao, the material director of Monkey King: Hero Is Back; Chen Lei, the chief producer of Shenzhen Satellite TV with representative works such as Generation Show and My White Coat; Yang Xiaoping, a documentary director of CCTV with representative works such as Chinese Image Chronicles·Xiangcheng Chapter and the large-scale documentary Millennium Traditional Chinese Medicine; Li Qiulan, a screenwriter and producer of Johnnie To's (Hong Kong) film studio; and Mo Xiaolan (Laotian nationality), a torchbearer of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games. The reputation of the school's talent cultivation has been improving year by year. In the past five years, the average employment rate of the school's graduates has reached 93%. Most of the outstanding students have been admitted to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in domestic well-known universities such as Beijing Normal University, Communication University of China, Beijing Film Academy, Sichuan University, Chongqing University, Wuhan University (all 985, 211 or "Double First-Class" universities) and overseas top 100 QS universities such as the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester and the University of Glasgow.

Scientific Research Achievements

Centering on the national economic and social development, especially the regional major development strategic layout, the school focuses on the film and television animation industry and continuously improves the level of scientific research services and supporting capabilities. In recent years, teachers have published 269 scientific research papers, including 61 CSSCI journal papers and 55 Peking University Core journal papers, and published 29 monographs. The school has obtained 3 National Social Science Fund Projects, 2 National Art Fund Projects, nearly 10 awards including the second prize of Sichuan Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Award, the second prize and the third prize of Chengdu Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Award, and 11 provincial and ministerial-level projects.In 2015, the school's animation team completed the main film Reunion for the China National Pavilion at the Milan World Expo in Italy. The teacher-student team has successively created and completed many original animated series such as All-Round Champion Zodiac Rat, Happy Fox and Old and Young Afanti, which have been broadcast on CCTV, Sichuan TV Station and many other media. Animated films created by teachers and students such as Going Home for the Spring Festival, Harmony and Friendship, Flying Over the Stars, The Door of a Single Thought and Ayi's Embroidery Needle have won the first, second and third prizes in the "100 Works of Socialist Core Values" creation competition organized by the National Radio and Television Administration respectively. More than 60 short videos such as You Are My Sunshine have been launched on the platforms of Xuexi Qiangguo (Study Power) and CCTV Video. The large-scale TV documentary The Red Flag Waves Across the West Wind, co-created by the school's film and television team, won the 9th Bashu Literature and Art Award and was broadcast on CCTV. The school has taken the lead in completing the formulation of 5 provincial standards for the Technical Specifications for Animation and Game Design in Sichuan Province and the compilation of the Sichuan Provincial Radio and Television Green Frequency and Channel Creation System.In 2016, the school successfully hosted the "First China Animation Academic Annual Conference" international conference, which has actively promoted the systematic construction of Chinese animation academic theory and has been held for 9 sessions so far. Since 2019, it has continuously undertaken the final evaluation work of the "College Award" of the University Film and Television Association of China for two consecutive sessions. The school publishes academic collections including Animation Research and New Literary and Art Criticism.

International Exchange

The school enrolls undergraduate and postgraduate students from countries along the "Belt and Road" Initiative, with student sources including not only countries along the "Belt and Road" Initiative, especially ASEAN countries, but also the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and other countries. In the past three years, it has trained more than 400 international students, and currently has 211 international students on campus, including 19 postgraduates. The school has graduated 206 international students, who have achieved high-quality employment after returning to their home countries, among whom several students work in China-Laos Railway Company, Laos National TV Station and other institutions.At the same time, the school adheres to internationalized school-running. In recent years, it has established various forms of cooperative relations with many foreign universities such as the University of New Hampshire in the United States, Waikato Institute of Technology in New Zealand, Chiang Mai University in Thailand, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kookmin University in South Korea, etc., and continuously strengthened international cooperation through various forms such as joint training, teacher-student exchange, project R&D, and short-term study tours.

School-Running Conditions

The school has favorable school-running conditions, with a teaching area of about 15,000 square meters and advanced experimental facilities and equipment. It has built 1 provincial experimental teaching demonstration center and multiple university-level key laboratories of "Culture + Technology".The Sichuan Provincial Digital Animation Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center (provincial experimental teaching demonstration center) was approved in 2008 (Document No. Chuan Jiao Han [2008] 385). The center has 7 experimental and training rooms including optical flow motion capture, VR immersion system and 3D printing, as well as 35 teacher-student studios including digital twin, audio-visual communication and creative media, digital media and game design, online audio-visual and image aesthetic education, audio-visual creativity, comparative art research, documentary research and creation, new media research and creation, digital sculpture, etc. The school has signed practice teaching base agreements with more than 40 units such as Sichuan News Network, Sichuan Radio and Television Station, Chengdu Radio and Television Station, Tianfu International Animation City, Chengdu Coco Bean Animation Film and Television Co., Ltd., ER Video, Chengdu Digital Media Base, DreamWorks Animation LLC, BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Cubic International Digital Technology Co., Ltd.The Future Image Center is a university-level key laboratory of "Culture + Technology" of Chengdu University, which is mainly composed of functional rooms such as recording studios, Apple workstations, studios, virtual studios, film production and lighting rooms. At the same time, 3 expert studios and 10 teacher-student joint creation studios have been built to support the development of various creation and practice projects of teachers and students.

In the new era, with new goals and new leaps, the school adheres to the integration of government, industry, university and research, the deep cross-integration of science and art, implements the fundamental task of moral education, practices the concept of new liberal arts construction, strives to build peak disciplines, strengthens the advantages of professional characteristics, and makes strenuous efforts to develop into a first-class domestic and internationally influential new film and television art college.