The Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts (Ukrainian: Харківська державна академія дизайну та мистецтв) or KSADA (Ukrainian: ХДАДМ) is a state institution of higher education in the field of Art (Design), subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and located in Kharkiv.

In 1869, in response to the ever-increasing need for professional artists, the drawing school of M. Raevska-Ivanova was opened in Kharkiv as a separate specialized educational institution.

It developed, in particular, an artistic and industrial direction, which subsequently gave impetus to the creation of higher Design education in Kharkiv on this basis.

The keepers of these traditions were the heads of the painting workshops, who at one time studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.

In 1921–1922 the organizer and first rector of Kharkiv Art Technical School was O. Kokel, a student of I. Repin and D. Kardovskyi.

At the end of the 20s of the 20th century, the institute had two faculties: Painting and Sculpture and Architecture, where, in addition to the aforementioned, famous artists and architects taught - M. Burachek, O. Simonov, L. Bloch, K. Zhukov, A. Kozlov, I. Severa, I. Padalka, V. Yermilov, O. Marenkov, O. Khvostenko-Khvostov, O. Ginzburg, M. Nikolaev, B. Peretyatkovich, and a little later — A. Petrytskyi, F. Krychevskyi, B. Kosarev, M. Samokish, V. Kasiyan, G Bondarenko, M. Deregus, and many others.

In 1932–1934, an artist and party functionary, P. Kryven, known for his uncompromising attitude to avant-garde trends in Ukrainian art, and first of all, to the "Boichukist" school, was appointed Rector.

Immediately after the liberation of Kharkiv from the German-nazi invaders and the evacuation to Samarkand, the institute resumed its activities at the end of 1943.

In the post-war years, the traditions that were established by the founders of the Kharkiv Art School were continued and developed by their students, later by the People's Artists of Ukraine V. Agibalov, H. Tomenko, V. Sizikov, A. Konstantinopolsky, O. Khmelnytsky, Honored Art Workers of Ukraine, Professors S. Besyedin, E. Yegorov, L. Chernov, V. Lozov, O. Martynets, Ye.

Zherdzhitky, Y. Karas, S. Solodovnyk, O. Vyatkin, Associate Professors O. Kudryavtseva, I. Melgunova, P. Suponin, E. Svetlychny, V. Vikhtynsky, M. Shaposhnikov, V. Volovyk, I. Stakhanov, B. Kolesnyk, V. Myronenko, V. Nenado, V. Pobedin, and many other outstanding artists.

At the same time, new departments were created - Art Design and Interior Decoration of Buildings; the specialization Industrial Graphics and Packaging was launched.

In 2010, for the series of paintings My Land - Slobozhanshchyna he was awarded the National Prize named after T. Shevchenko in the field of Fine Arts.

V. Khristenko is a graphic designer and laureate of the 2020 Repin Prize (series of etchings Cossack Crosses).

Kotlyar, V. Shulika, V. Chechyk, V. Tarasov, M. Tokar, N. Sbitneva, O. Sobolev, V. Holoborodko, V. Kutateladze, O. Lagoda, O. Vasina.

In 2002, for the first time in Ukraine, a specialized academic council K 64.109.01 was opened for the defense of candidates' theses in the specialty 05.01.03 — Technical Aesthetics (the field of Art Science).

The scientific activity of the young generation contributes to the development of various directions in the field of Art History.

The Academy publishes periodical scientific journal, the level of which has been evaluated, in particular, by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland.

The World Environmental Poster Collection includes more than 10,000 works from 56 countries and is a platform for international scientific research.

Thus, the fund of the library of KSADA is a unique collection of professional literature, which provides an opportunity for learning and development for students and employees of the Academy.

Based on the experience of previous years, the library works for visitors, preserving the heritage of generations and improving them.

In the reading room of scientific and educational literature, a space is organized for the exposition of the works of teachers and students of the Academy.