In 2020, this major will be approved as provincial first-class undergraduate major, university-level first-class undergraduate major, university-level first-class undergraduate course, provincial demonstration course, etc. For many years, it has undertaken the Anhui Province Industrial Design Competition Chengdexuan Cup ceramic product design special competition (provincial B class competition), the National College Students Industrial Design Competition, Anhui University of Finance and Economics Campus Competition; For three consecutive years, the department has won the provincial gold medal and the national Bronze Medal in the A-class competition China International 'Internet Plus' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for College Students. Three teachers of the department have been awarded the title of Internet Plus provincial Excellent Innovation and Entrepreneurship tutor, and 10 teachers have been awarded the title of Excellent instructor in the Provincial College Students' Discipline and Skills Competition (Class A and B of the Department of Education).

    There are 14 full-time teachers, 1 professor and 5 associate professors in this major, including 1 post-doctoral student and 9 doctoral students. Approved 1 national social science (art special) project, 3 projects of the Ministry of Education, more than 20 projects of provincial quality engineering projects, horizontal project funds to the account of more than 1 million yuan; He has published 2 works and more than 100 high-quality papers, including many papers in international core journals. Guiding students to establish more than 10 national innovation and entrepreneurship training programs and 30 provincial innovation and entrepreneurship training programs; Guide students to obtain more than 50 national design patents and more than 10 utility model patents; Guide students to publish academic papers, including more than 10 papers in three types of academic journals and more than 30 papers in four types of academic journals.

    The department has established a number of university-level school-enterprise cooperative practice education (practice teaching) bases, and signed practice base agreements with Jingdezhen Chengdexuan Porcelain Co., LTD., Caoshan Industrial Design Town, Hefei Horse Industrial Design Co., LTD., Yuanmirror Cultural Innovation Supply Chain Platform, Beijing Yisu Purui Technology Co., LTD., and other enterprises. Through school-enterprise cooperation projects in the classroom, experts and scholars in the industry participate in the training system of this major, lead students to carry out the project practice, improve students' professional quality and practical ability in a three-dimensional way, and establish a solid and stable long-term industry-university-research cooperation system with the enterprise, fully meet the needs of students' professional research, quality development, vacation social practice, entrepreneurship incubation, employment practice and so on.