Shandong University (SDU) has been renowned for its unique strength in liberal arts programs, so humanities and social sciences education and research have always played an important role in the development of SDU in the history of more than a century. Journalistic education in SDU originated from the Journalistic Specialized Training class in the 1960s. The class resumed its enrollment in 1985. In 1996, the full-time undergraduate program was reopened after Shandong University applied successfully for that program. The Department of Journalism, subordinate to the School of Literature, was established in 1997 andformallystarted undergraduate enrollment in Journalism. In 2000 when a newly-merged Shandong University was established, the School of Literature changed its name to be the School of Literature and Journalism. It was authorized to initiate an MA degree program on journalism in the same year, and on Communication and Artistic Design (Visual Culture and Communication) in 2004. The school, among the first group, was qualified for granting Master’s degree in Journalism and Communication as a first-level discipline in 2006, and afterwards for doctorate authorization in 2010. Now the school is one of 16 doctorate authorization units in the first-level discipline of Journalism and Communication. The school was also among the first units for MA degree program on Journalism and Communication (MJC) in China in 2010. The school was awarded a Post-doctoral Research Station of Journalism and Communication in 2014. In 2016, the School of Journalism and Communication was established independently, and meanwhile, the Shandong University TV Station was put completely under the organization system of the School of Journalism and Communication. The school of Journalism and Communication was built independently in 2016 and the TV Station of Shandong University was placed under it. The Dean of the school now is Prof. Lv Peng, the Director and Party Secretary of Shandong Radio and Television Station. The Party Secretary of the school is PhD Supervisor Prof. Wang Desheng.

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