山东艺术学院坐落于名泉簇拥的历史文化名城济南，是山东省唯一一所综合性高等艺术学府。经过几代人的不懈努力，现已发展成为文化底蕴深厚，学科专业齐全，办学层次较高，办学条件优越，在山东省艺术教育和艺术人才培养中发挥着重要作用的综合性高等艺术学府。
历史沿革与山艺精神
学校始建于1958年8月，前身为山东艺术专科学校。1978年12月，经国务院批准，学校改建为山东艺术学院，开设本科专业，并被赋予“为全省培养音乐、美术、戏剧等方面高等艺术人才”的光荣使命。
建校之初，一大批在国内享有盛名的艺术大师在这里工作、生活。早年与徐悲鸿留学欧洲并同时回国办美术教育的李超士、戴秉心，与人民音乐家冼星海一起留学欧洲的李杰民，弘一大师的得意弟子刘质平，以及国学根底深厚、书画造诣较高的于希宁、关友声、黑伯龙、柳子谷等老先生，都曾在这里执教，并奠定了山艺发展的根基，也奠定了山东艺术教育的坚实基础。这些德艺双馨的老艺术家，严谨治学、潜心艺术，为社会留下了一件件艺术珍品，也为学校留下了弥足珍贵的精神财富，即“闳约深美”的山艺精神。
办学条件与办学规模
学校现有济南文东和长清两个校区，占地1313亩，其中长清校区1200亩。学校产权建筑总面积351126㎡，其中教学行政用房面积170090㎡；图书馆馆藏纸质文献687357册，教学、科研仪器设备总值7623.33万元，齐全的配套设施很好地保障和满足了教学需要。
学校设有音乐学院、美术学院、戏剧影视学院、音乐教育学院、设计学院、艺术管理学院、舞蹈学院、戏曲学院、传媒学院、职业教育学院、成人教育学院、国际艺术交流学院、公共课教学部13个教学单位。现有普通本专科中专生8577人，硕士研究生641人。
办学层次与学科建设
经过不断地积淀与发展，学校现在形成了含中专、普通本专科、研究生、艺术硕士（MFA）、成人教育在内的多层次办学格局，涉及艺术学、文学、工学、管理学4大学科门类。现有音乐学、美术学、戏剧戏曲学三个山东省高等学校省级重点学科，其中音乐学为特色重点学科；美术史论、文化艺术管理学、设计艺术学三个山东省文化艺术科学重点学科。现有50个本科专业（含专业方向）。其中绘画专业、公共事业管理专业、艺术设计专业被教育部财政部批准为高等学校特色专业建设点，表演专业被山东省教育厅批准为高等学校品牌专业。省级精品课程11门，省级教学团队3个，国家级教学成果奖、省级教学成果奖10余项。学校具有艺术学门类下5个一级学科硕士学位授予权，2005年成为“艺术硕士专业学位”（MFA）教育试点单位和同等学力在职人员申请硕士学位授予单位。2010年被教育部批准为开展推荐优秀应届本科毕业生免试攻读硕士学位研究生工作单位。
师资队伍与人才培养
学校现有专任教师673人，其中具有博士、硕士学位教师392人，具有高级专业技术资格教师241人。硕士生导师158人，重点学科带头人9人，享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家10人，全国优秀教师7人，山东省有突出贡献中青年专家4人，省级教学名师5人。音乐学、民族音乐学先后被山东省批准设立泰山学者岗位。
建校56年来，山东艺术学院为国家和社会培养了近3万名合格艺术人才，以著名歌唱家、教育家彭丽媛，以及倪萍、刘曦林、王沂东、隋建国、陈瑾、徐少华、王绘春、苏岩、郭跃进、宋昌林、周龙、童年、王歌群、于冠群等为代表的一大批优秀毕业生在各自的艺术领域取得了突出成绩，成为享誉全国的音乐家、美术家、表演艺术家和艺术教育家，为山东和全国的文化艺术事业做出了重要贡献。
科研与艺术实践创作
学校同时拥有三个省级研究基地：音乐文化研究基地、文化创意产业与管理研究中心、山东民间艺术研究基地。“十一五”期间，共获得厅局级以上科研立项139项，其中国家级、省部级项目36项，横向项目6项；累计出版著作113部，核心期刊发表论文199篇；共获得厅级以上科研成果奖励298项，其中获全国性、省部级科研优秀成果奖23项。
近年来学校师生在全国美术作品展、电视剧“飞天奖”评奖、中国音乐金钟奖、中国书法“兰亭奖”、精神文明建设“五个一工程”评选、中国校园戏剧节、中央电视台“学京赛”、全国体育美术作品展、全国篆刻艺术大展、全国大学生优秀平面设计作品大赛、全国大学生艺术展演活动等全国性比赛与评奖中，荣获各类奖项290余项。在山东省“泰山文艺奖”评选、全省高校音乐专业基本功比赛、全省高校美术专业基本功比赛、山东省大学生数字影像大赛、山东省舞蹈大赛等省厅级比赛中荣获各类奖励1700余项。主办、承办全国及全省大型文化艺术展演活动、高水平文化艺术交流活动100余场。
社会服务与开放办学
学校根植齐鲁大地，踊跃参与山东经济、文化建设。一方面，不断对齐鲁文化进行研究、传承和保护。大力开展齐鲁戏曲瑰宝吕剧的教学、研究、人才培养工作；对国家级非物质文化遗产“鲁锦”、民间手工艺“柳编”等进行资料搜集整理和产品开发；在长清校区建立汉画像石艺术馆、山东民间剪纸艺术馆和鲁锦艺术馆，收藏保存珍贵汉画像石50余块，山东民间特色的剪纸艺术品4000余件，鲁锦实物200余件。另一方面学校不断将师生们的艺术实践和创作与对社会的服务、贡献结合起来，承担省重大文化建设项目。完成了山东彩车“岱青海蓝”设计、创作、展演任务，参加世博会山东馆主题创意及方案设计、承担“山东活动周”文艺演出、“山东馆”礼仪等工作，受到省委、省政府记功表彰。代表山东参加第九届中国艺术节文艺演出；参加了第十一届全国运动会、十艺节倒计时两周年演出。承办了“纪念改革开放三十周年”、“高雅艺术进校园”、山东军民春节联欢晚会等创作与演出任务。学校还重点加强了与地方政府、企业的交流与合作，与省广播电视局、省公安消防总队合作成立“山东青年广播电视乐团”、“山东消防艺术团”，与济南市西区建设指挥部、长清区政府等签订合作意向书，与海阳中泰置业有限公司合作，建立海阳国际艺术村创作实践培训基地等。
学校始终坚持开放办学，与澳大利亚格利菲斯大学、韩国又松大学、法国大沙隆音乐学院、美国圣塔莫尼卡大学、日本东亚大学和台湾艺术大学等11所学校建立友好校际关系和长期合作关系，通过“2+2”学制联合办学、教师访学交流、互派学生等不断加强合作交流力度。
目前，全校上下正在《山东艺术学院“十二五”事业发展规划》的引领下，同心同德、务实进取，为创建山艺特色、山东风格、国内一流的高水平综合性艺术大学而不断奋斗。
INTRODUCTION TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF ARTS
Shandong University of Arts is located in Jinan, a famous historic and cultural city with many springs, and is the only comprehensive arts institution of higher education in Shandong Province. Since its establishment in 1958 and after continuous efforts of several generations, Shandong University of Arts has developed into a comprehensive arts institution of higher education that has deep cultural level, complete majors, high educational level and outstanding educational conditions, and is playing an important role in arts education and arts talent cultivation in Shandong Province, even has great influence in some domestic arts academies.
Sufficient educational conditions
The university consists of Jinan Wendong and Changqing campuses, with a total area of 1,313 mu, including Changqing campus of 1,200 mu. Its total building area is 351,126 m2, including educational and administrative room area of 170,090 m2; The university library houses a collection of about 687,357 volumes of paper documents, and the total value of its educational and scientific research instruments is RMB 76.2333 million Yuan, and its
complete facilities guarantee and meet educational needs very well.
Complete majors
The university consists of 14 schools/departments, including School of Music, School of Fine Arts, School of Theatre, The Normal School of Music, School of Design, School of Art & Culture, School of Dance, School of Traditional Opera, School of Adult Education, School of Vocational Education, School of International Art Exchange, School of International Originality and Design, Modern Technical Education Department, and Department of General Education. There are 21 undergraduate majors, referring to 2 academic disciplines of literature and management, and including 3 first-rank disciplines of art, news communication and public management. At present, fine arts and art are provincial key academic disciplines; culture-arts management and culture-industry studies are key academic disciplines of culture-art science in Shandong Province; music culture research and culture-industry studies are respectively evaluated as provincial key research base of social science layout and provincial research base of humanity and social science; and music is approved as provincial “Taishan Scholar” post by Shandong
Province.
The university has the right to award Master Degree of Arts as the first-rank academic discipline, and there are 8 master degree programs. It becomes the first batch of national educational experimental units of “Master of Fine Arts (MFA)” and awarding unit of persons in the Same Educational Level Applying for Master’s Degree, and has formed a talent education system with undergraduate education as the main part, as well as multi-level talents training of Graduate Student, Undergraduate, Professional Student, Adult Student and Technical Secondary School Student.
Excellent teacher team
After the establishment of Shandong University of Arts, many great masters and famous experts of arts have taught in the university. For example, Li Jiemin, Li Huaxuan, Liu Zhiping, Liu Lefu, Jin Guangwo, Liu Yuxuan, Song Baolian, He Jinwen and Song Jutian in music; Li Chaoshi, Dan Bingxin, Lü Pin, Yu Xining, Guan Yousheng, Liu Zigu, Zong
Weicheng and Wang Qihua in fine arts; Xiang Kun and Ruan Fei in drama. They are devoted to education wholeheartedly, reward and promote young students, make sincere contributions, laying the foundation of excellent educational tradition of the university.
At present, there are many talents and adequate excellent teachers in Shandong University of Arts. It now has 728 full-time teachers, including 292 teachers with doctor and master degrees, and 281 teachers with senior professional qualification. There are also 5 part-time doctor supervisors, 151 master supervisors, 8 key discipline leaders, 11 experts that receive special allowance of the State Council, 8 national excellent teachers and 4 young
and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions of Shandong Province.
Plentiful educational and scientific research achievements
At present, Shandong University of Arts has 7 provincial Elaborated Courses, and wins 1 national teaching achievement award and 6 provincial teaching achievement awards. In recent four years, the university wins 131 scientific search projects above department and bureau levels, including 30 national, provincial and ministerial projects, and also wins 284 scientific achievement awards above department and bureau levels.
Excellent educational quality
For the past 50 years since its founding, Shandong University of Arts has cultivated nearly 20,000 qualified arts talents for both the country and society. Now there are 7,444 full-time undergraduates and professional training students, including 6,448 undergraduates, and 401 graduate students.
Many excellent graduates such as Peng Liyuan, Ni Ping, Chen Jin, Liu Xilin, Wang Yidong and Sui Jianguo have made outstanding achievements in their respective arts fields, becoming famous musicians, artists, performing artists and arts educationists around the whole country, making great contributions to Culture and Art Cause of Shandong Province and the whole country.
