It occupies an area of 107,400 square meters on the border of Nanhu lake, spread over two campuses.

The institute is authorized to confer master's degrees in musicology, fine arts and design with 42 directions.

The education provided by the institute is personalized and imbued with distinct local and ethnic features.

The Lijiang painting style, with Huang as its chairman and art professors as its main members, is influential in China and abroad.

It carries out cooperative programs and cultural exchanges with art institutions in Thailand and Vietnam, as well as with many universities in the U.S., Russia, Canada, and Ukraine.