Xi 'an Academy of Fine Arts was founded in 1949. Its predecessor was the Second Branch of Northwest People's Academy of Fine Arts. /kloc-0 moved from Linfen, Shanxi Province to xingguo temple, Chang 'an County, xi Province in July, 1949, and was renamed the Art College of Northwest Military and Political University. After the Northwest Art Institute, Northwest Art Institute and other stages, it was officially named Xi 'an Academy of Fine Arts on May 1994. At present, it is a national authorized unit for doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees, and one of the "distinctive and high-level" universities in Shaanxi Province.
The college has 27 undergraduate majors, including Chinese painting department, oil painting department, printmaking department, sculpture department, public art department, design department, architectural environment art department, clothing department, experimental art department, art history department, film and television animation department, art education college, basic department, plastic arts department and special education art college.
The college also has teaching institutions such as the College of Continuing Education, the High School Attached to Fine Arts, the Shaanxi Primary School Teacher Training Center, and the Fine Arts Research Institute, the Loess Painting School Research Center, the Primitive Culture Research Institute, the China Art and Archaeology Research Institute, the Higher Education Research Center, the xi Academy of Fine Arts China Western Oil Painting Art Research Center, and the Western Painting Style (Chang 'an Painting School, Loess Painting School) Research Collaborative Innovation Center. Collaborative Innovation Center of Information Art and Product Modeling Design, Wenchuang Teaching Center, Contemporary Art Education Research Center, Silk Road Art Research Center, Liu Wenxi Art Research Center of xi Academy of Fine Arts *** 13 research institutions.