The college consists of art and design departments (industrial product plastic art design, visual communication art design, decorative art design, fashion design and costume performance, environmental art and interior design, computer advertising and animation art design), music Department (normal school), Music Performance Department (vocal singing, keyboard performance, instrumental performance, computer music production, dance choreography), Art Department (normal school), Painting Department (Chinese painting, oil painting, mural) and other 5 departments*** There are 22 professional directions, among which the design art discipline has the right to grant master's degrees. There are currently more than 2,700 undergraduates and 30 master’s students.

The School of Fine Arts and Art Design of Qiqihar University was founded in the 1980s. Its predecessors were the Art Department of Qiqihar Normal University and the Industrial Art Department of Qiqihar Light Industry College. After the merger in 1997, it was established as the Art Department. In 2009, the School of Art was re-divided into the School of Fine Arts and Art Design and the School of Music and Dance.