The postgraduate entrance examination for visual communication design is usually a research direction under the design major of 1305. According to the results of the fourth round of university discipline evaluation, a total of 94 universities with "master's authorization" or "doctor's authorization" participated in the evaluation, and the evaluation results were divided into A+, A-, B+, B-, C+ and C-. The evaluation results reflect the ranking of universities in China design education to some extent, and they are also popular universities for design postgraduate entrance examination. The specific rankings are as follows:

A+: Tsinghua University and China Academy of Art.

A: Tongji University Central Academy of Fine Arts.

A-: Suzhou University, Jiangnan University, Nanjing Art Institute, Zhejiang University, Hunan University.

B+: Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China Communication University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Donghua University, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Wuhan University of Technology, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, sichuan fine arts institute, Xi 'an Academy of Fine Arts.

B: Beijing Institute of Technology, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shanghai University, Southeast University, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Guangxi Art College, Sichuan University, Shandong Institute of Arts and Crafts, Guangdong University of Technology.

B-: Beijing Institute of Printing, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, wuhan textile University, Hubei University of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

C+: Beijing University of Technology, dalian polytechnic university, Jilin University of Arts, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Fuzhou University, China Geo University, Shenzhen University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Hunan University of Technology.

C: Beijing University of Technology, Capital Normal University, tianjin polytechnic university, Shenyang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Nanchang University, Hunan Normal University, Yunnan Arts University and Xi Engineering University.

C-: China Renmin University, Beijing Jiaotong University, north china university of technology, Jilin University, Xiamen University, Qilu University of Technology, Huazhong Normal University, Chongqing University and Xi University of Technology.