The Art Center School of Design (ArtCenter Collegeof Design) is abbreviated as ACCD. It is one of the famous design schools in the United States. Its art and design education field leads the world. Among them, "Transportation Design" is the leading exclusive major in the United States.

Art Center College of Design is an art college based on modern design and closely related to the art design industry. Art Center is dedicated to cultivating workers and artists who take visual arts as their profession. It is one of the most famous design schools in the United States. ACCD is located in California on the west coast of the United States, not far from the tourist attractions of Hollywood and Las Vegas. ACCD ranked 9th in the 2016 U.S.News & World Report "U.S. News & World Report" Art Institute Rankings. ACCD is a very famous design institution in the world, with 407 faculty members and 70% part-time teachers. At present, there are more than 1400 students in the school, 22% of whom come from 40 countries in the world. It requires freshmen to have certain design experience or other university degrees before entering the school, so the average age of students is on the high side, and the average age of freshmen is 24 years old. Many students go to ACCD to study for undergraduate courses after finishing university in China, or they start to prepare in their junior and senior year and re-read their undergraduate courses directly. ACCD's undergraduate education is relatively solid, which is not the same as that in China. It would be very difficult to go directly to ACCD graduate students after completing domestic undergraduate education.

ACCD has close cooperation with many large enterprises in the world, including ADOBE, Nike, Universal Pictures, Hyundai, Sony, Nokia and Audi. Students have very convenient conditions to contact these potential future employers and customers during their schooling. The school also often invites famous artists and professionals to give lectures and communicate with students. The university is currently the most authoritative college in design in the United States. Its automotive and transportation design department, digital design major, illustration department, graphic design department, entertainment design, etc., have a leading level in the world. The high employment rate must be the main reason for everyone to study for ACCD. ACCD graduates are of high quality and have always been the main talent import institutions of major car factories. In many large foreign factories, you can easily see students graduated from ACCD.
ACCD provides students with 11 undergraduate professional courses and 7 graduate professional courses. It is rated as the number one undergraduate and graduate school in industrial design by Design Intelligence. Ranked in the top 20 of the "best graduate schools" (art, industrial design, media design) in the US news, and ranked among the world's top design schools in "Bloomberg Businessweek", among which were reported by Hollywood reporters as the top 25 film schools in the world. Undergraduate students include: advertising design, entertainment design, environmental design, film and television production, pure art, graphic design, illustration, interactive design, photography, product design, traffic design. Graduate students include: art, environmental design, film and television production, graphic design, industrial design, media design practice, transportation system and transportation design.

As far as Xiaobian knows, ACCD accepts a wide range of students, mainly focusing on design and science and technology students, and some students with business background are also absorbed. Many science and technology students in ACCD go to the examination across disciplines. It is said that the proportion of non-design students can reach 40%.

Application requirements:
Language achievement: IELTS 6.5 TOEFL 80 for undergraduate students; Graduate IELTS 7.0 TOEFL 100
Deadline: undergraduate Rolling application, recommended date is 2.15 (entertainment design 2.1), graduate 2.15
Preparation materials: application form, official Chinese and English transcripts, degree certificate, recommendation letter, resume, personal statement, Eassy, etc.