From October 20 to 21, 2026, President Dong Zhanjun of Shandong University of Art & Design (SUAD) led a delegation to St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend the "Art and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations" International Academic Forum and the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd China-Russia Cultural Art Festival. President Dong delivered a keynote speech on aesthetic education strategies in the digital int...

On October 8, 2026, a launch ceremony was held at Jinan Shungeng Middle School for a teaching practicum program involving four students from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). The initiative is jointly organized by Shandong University of Art & Design (SUAD), Jinan Municipal Education Bureau, Shungeng Middle School, and HVL.

On September 21, 2026, a delegation led by Rezeda Garifullina, Vice-Rector for Research at Kazan State Institute of Culture, visited Shandong University of Art & Design (SUAD). Both sides held talks on joint talent cultivation, faculty and student exchanges, collaborative exhibitions, and research in areas such as heritage preservation and folk arts

A film-and-television creative team from the Qingdao Base of Industry-Education Integration at Shandong University of Art & Design (SUAD) has been featured on Midnight News on CCTV-13. Using AIGC technology, the faculty-and-student team produced an ink-wash, Chinese-style animated short film, The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea, a fresh digital retelling of a classic Shandong coastal legend. Grou...