For more information about school life, please check Instagram: smc_sjtu or smcnew.sjtu.edu.cn/index School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univeristy, features its teaching in aspects of high interaction of arts and science, interdependence of theory and practice, interconnection of technology, academic research and arts, internationalization, digitization, and integration of Industry-University-Research. It orients itself toward setting up cluster of disciplines where journalism and communication, arts and management interact and complement each other. SMD aims at training and educating a new generation of “multi-talented graduates” who are not only equipped with advanced communication theories and techniques, but also with creative design thinking and capability. The school consists of four departments:
- Journalism and Communication,
- Film and Television,
- Design
- Cultural Industry and Management. A series of undergraduate, master, and doctoral programs are provided in these fields. To date, SMD has more than 600 undergraduates, over 300 master students, about 50 doctoral students, and 200 oversea students in various programs. Our journalism and communication major ranked No. 10 in the first-level discipline assessment by the Ministry of Education in 2012. In addition, our communication major is in top 100 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2012.
