Jilin Animation Institute was established in June, 2000, and was approved by the Ministry of Education in September, 2008 as an "independent undergraduate private ordinary university". At present, the college has Changchun campus and Shuangyang campus under construction. The campus covers an area of 435,000 square meters with a building area of 220,000 square meters. There are more than 500 full-time teachers, more than 200 foreign visiting professors and more than 9300 undergraduates. By 20 15, after the completion of Shuangyang Campus, the school scale will reach 10000, the campus area will reach 760,000 square meters, the construction area will reach 400,000 square meters, and the total investment scale will reach 3 billion yuan.
Adhering to the motto of "self-respect, self-improvement, innovation and creativity" and adhering to the school-running philosophy of "opening to the outside world, taking the road of Industry-University-Research integration, and cultivating professionals with strong innovation ability, high comprehensive artistic accomplishment and international vision", the College has formed three characteristics of "opening to the outside world, Industry-University-Research integration and high-tech creative products". Approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television as "National Animation Teaching and Research Base" and "National Animation Industry Base", and approved by the Ministry of Culture as "National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base". 20 1 1 was rated as "excellent private higher education institution in China" and "leading university in cultural and creative industries in China". Zheng Liguo, Chairman and Dean of the Institute, was awarded "20 10 Cultural Industry Person of the Year" by the Ministry of Culture and "20 12 Revitalizing Jilin Cultural Industry Entrepreneur" by the Propaganda Department of Jilin Provincial Committee.
The College has seven branches, namely animation branch, game branch, design branch, media branch, advertising branch, film and television drama branch and cultural industry management branch, and offers animation, digital media art, digital media technology, broadcasting and hosting, drama, film and television art design and other 17 majors. Animation major is the construction point of national specialty, animation and digital media art major has become the specialty of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Jilin Province, and design art (animation) has been approved as the key construction discipline with advantages and characteristics in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan of colleges and universities in Jilin Province.
The college attaches great importance to innovative talent training mode, and has formed an integrated talent training mode with teaching as the leading factor, scientific research as the supporting factor and industry as the guiding factor. With R&D as the link, the College has set up more than 100 professional studios, laboratories, international expert studios and workshops for domestic and foreign markets, and established animation research institutes, animation literature research institutes, modern animation technology engineering research centers of Jilin University, game and interactive media technology engineering research centers of Jilin University and other research institutes, so as to give play to the driving role of scientific and technological innovation in optimizing and upgrading the industrial structure and enhance the core competitiveness of the industry.