Meishi Film Academy is one of the 27 colleges of Chongqing University (CQU). It was founded in March 2000 in association with Hongkong Meishi Electric Group with the approval of the Ministry of Education.

　　Meishi Film Academy of CQU offers 8 undergraduate programs including Performing Arts, Directing, Literature of Film and Drama, Photography, Design for Make-up and Costumes, Art Design for Film, TV and Drama, Writing and Directing for Broadcasting and Television, and Emceeing. Meishi Film Academy of CQU also offers an MA program in the Study of Film,TV and Drama which accepts postgraduate students who have majored in the study of Film, Directing Arts, Cinematography or Film Editing.

　　Meishi Film Academy of CQU has 101 staff members at present, 70 of whom are full-time lecturers. There are approximately 1000 full-time undergraduate students and 80 MA students. 　　Meishi Film Academy's facilities occupy over 10,000 square meters, including a 1000 square meter Film Studio and Media Center and 2,200 square meters of laboratories. Our laboratories include a Multifunctional cinema, the "Black Box" Theater, an extensive Multimedia Library, a Photography Laboratory, a Rehearsal Room, a Video Screening Room，a Projection Booth, a Musical Instrument Practicing room, a Portrayal Training room, a Film studio, an Audio Laboratory, a Phonetics Laboratory, a Make-up Laboratory, a Film Editing Laboratory, and much more.

　　Meishi Film Academy introduces students to a variety of teaching styles, from culturally chinese to the latest international teaching techniques. The educational principles adopted by the academy ensure that our students obtain a full understanding of basic skills, develop a diverse interest in film and art, and hone their innate capabilities while developing new ones along the way. The academy accepts most university grading systems, including the credit system, major and minor system, secondary major system, and excellent students system etc. The aim of the Academy is to cultivate talented students with solid academic foundations, strong capabilities and an innovative capacity. Meishi Film Academy of CQU has established various links with film and television professionals, as well as many art institutes within China and abroad. These distinguishing factors have helped to develop this Academy's well known reputation of graduating students with a firm base in film education, study and creation.

　　Our academy's standing dean is the renowned Producer, Director and Actor, Mr. Zhang Guoli. At present, our part-time professors include Director Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Producer Han Sanping, and Actors Ge You and Gong Li etc.