The awards ceremony for the 10th Milan Design Week—Outstanding Works Exhibition by Faculty and Students in Design Disciplines at Chinese Universities was recently held at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. The competition received more than 320,000 entries and brought together faculty members and students from over 1,800 universities nationwide. Our university’s works stood out from the vast field of submissions, winning two national first prizes, five national second prizes, and 13 national third prizes, as well as 10 provincial first prizes, 22 provincial second prizes, and 50 provincial third prizes. The university also received the Outstanding Organization Award for the third consecutive year, while Du Yan, Liang Tianhui, and Ding Zongchao were recognized as Outstanding Supervising Teachers. The university made breakthroughs in both the themed-brief and special categories, ranking among Liaoning Province’s leading universities in award levels and total provincial awards. These results demonstrate the creative strength of its design disciplines.

The Milan Design Week—Outstanding Works Exhibition by Faculty and Students in Design Disciplines at Chinese Universities is an influential, high-level competition in China’s art and design field. Guided by the principles of promoting teaching through competition and integrating teaching, competition, and exhibitions, it offers multiple public-interest and special categories. Through high-standard exhibitions and exchange activities, the event encourages innovation in talent-development systems for art and design higher education and advances educational innovation and disciplinary development.