School history
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Rename school
1949 10, Shanghai Experimental Theatre School was renamed Shanghai Theatre Academy.
Merge to build a hospital
During the period of 1952, the national colleges and universities adjusted and merged the drama department of Shandong University Art Department and the Shanghai Xingzhi Art School Drama Troupe to formally establish the Drama Academy, which was named the East China Branch of the Central Academy of Drama.
Rename and relocate
1956 was renamed Shanghai Theatre Academy and listed as a school directly under the Ministry of Culture. The school site was moved from Sichuan North Road to No.630 Huashan Road.
Transfer mechanism
On April 25, 2000, at the handover meeting of the Ministry of Culture, the college was officially changed from the head of the Ministry of Culture to the establishment of the Ministry of Culture and Shanghai, with Shanghai as the main management.