The Film and Television School, established in July 2001, now has 28 employees, of which 19 members are full-time teachers, including 2 professors, 4 associate professors, and 4 with a doctorate’s degree. As of August 31, 2016, the school has 1222 undergraduates and 28 graduates.

Film and TV School has two types of teaching programs: four-year undergraduate education and 3-year postgraduate education. There are three departments: Directing, Photography, and Recording; there are six laboratories, i.e. editing lab, photography lab, virtual lab, recording lab, integrated audio-visual lab, and television studio. In addition, there is a research center. i.e. the film and television production experimental center.

There are five undergraduate majors of Radio and Television Directing, Film and Television Photography and Production, Recording Arts, Filmology, Television Broadcasting Science (Television Broadcasting Science belongs to Journalism and Communication Studies in Literatures and the rest of the four majors are under the category of drama, film and television subjects in arts), and three postgraduate programs of documentary production, film and television sound creation, and film and television cultural studies. The school has created a unique strength in the fields of filmology theory, ethnic minority film studies, audio-visual language research, and research on contemporary national film and television in the areas of language and culture.

Since its inception in 2001, the school has educated，large number of graduates and has become the earliest and most important education institution of film and television culture industry with ethnic characteristics in Yunnan Province. Works by the students have been selected and received recognition and accolades in international film festivals in Japan, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Taiwan, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Many published treatises have won awards for social philosophy and social sciences of Yunnan Province, excellent films awards of the Publicity Department of Yunnan Province, and many other awards for scientific research and literary and artistic creation.

With audio-visual language study, minority film research and creation, research on the contemporary film and television with ethnic characteristics as its core, Film and TV School are committed to conducting thorough and detailed research into film and television of China and Southeast Asia (especially minorities) based on Yunnan’s rich ethnic cultural resources, valuable natural resources in border areas, and geographical and cultural advantages across Southeast Asia. The school strives to achieve influential results in theoretical research and creative practices and has become an authorized center for doctorate degree in drama, film, and television.