广州美术学院 (Chinese) | |||||||
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Former names | Central South China Fine Arts School South China Literature & Arts College Central South China Literature & Arts Institute | ||||||
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| Type | Public university | ||||||
| Established | 1953 | ||||||
| Students | 7,600 | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 5,127 | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 522 | ||||||
| Location | , , China | ||||||
| Website | http://www.gzarts.edu.cn/ | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 广州美术学院 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣州美術學院 | ||||||
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The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA; Chinese: 广州美术学院; also known as Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts) is a Chinese national university based in Guangzhou which provides doctoral, master and bachelor's degrees in fine arts and design.It is the only fine arts institution of higher learning in Guangdong Province and even in South China, and one of the eight major fine arts academies in China, with 12 colleges and one affiliated secondary fine arts school, and the existing Changgang campus, University Town campus and Foshan campus, with nearly 10,000 students of all kinds.