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...

On the morning of August 18, a delegation from City University Malaysia, led by Prof. Norman Chu, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Dr. Tan Yong Chai visited Shandong University of Art & Design (SUAD). The two sides discussed the joint master's program, while also exchanging views on faculty-and-student exchange, research cooperation and joint doctoral training.

On August 20–21, the third session of the United Nations' Global Dialogue series on Artificial Intelligence and Human Development was held in Xi'an, China, convening policymakers, technical experts, and representatives from academia and culture to discuss the transformations that AI is bringing to human civilization and social development. Prof. Gu Qunye, Dean of the Graduate School of SUAD, w...