Nanjing Forestry University

The College of Furnishings and Industrial Design was established in September 2008 by merging together the Department of Furniture Design from the School of Wood Science and Technology and the Department of Industrial Design from the School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering. Its predecessor can be traced back to the teaching and research section of the Department of Wood Machining of Forest Industry, set up in 1952 when NFU was founded. In 1983, based on the undergraduate program of wood machining, a three-years degree program of Furniture Design and Manufacture was set up. This program evolved into an undergraduate program of Furniture Design and Manufacture in December 1986 approved by the State Education Commission of the People’s Republic of China and the State Forestry Administration. In the beginning of 1990s, the original name of the program, namely Furniture Design and Manufacture was first changed into Furniture and Interior Design and then into Interior and Furniture Design with the development of furniture and interior design industries.

The College is composed of the Department of Furniture Design, the Department of Engineering for Furniture and Wooden Products, the Department of Industrial Design, the Department of Design Technology, the Department of International Design and Central Laboratories. The undergraduate programs include Design for Industrial Products, Furniture Design, Art Design for Products and Architectural Industrial Products. There are 2 master’s degree programs: Design Arts ( Industrial Products Design and Theory) and Forest Engineering (Furniture Manufacturing and Interior Decoration);and 2 doctorate programs :Furniture Design and Engineering ( provincial key discipline) and Wood Science and Technology (Furniture and Wood Products Technology, national key discipline).

The College has 40 teaching and administrative staff, including 4 professors, 8 associate professors, among whom 9 teachers hold a doctorate degree. 19 teachers have a master’s degree, 5 of whom are pursuing their doctorate degree. At present, the total number of full-time students is up to 1000.

The College has several a few research institutes, such as the Institute of Furniture and Wood Products, the Research Center of Furniture Design, the Research Center of Industrial Design, the Institute of Classical Furniture and Padauk Crafts, and the Ergonomics Institute. The school takes charge of editing and publishing the Journal of Interior Design Construction, which is listed on CIID (China Institute of Interior Design) and participates in editing and publishing the journal of Furniture.

In recent years, the College has undertaken nearly 60 research projects at the ministerial and provincial level, published over 20 books and over 200 papers on influential academic periodicals in home and abroad. Meanwhile, the College takes an active role in developing academic exchanges and has established intercollegiate ties with international universities and institutions, including those from the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.

II.Degree Programs and Non-degree Programs

Major and degree programs

Doctorate program	Furniture design and engineering
Master degree program	Artistic design (Industrial products design and theory
Master of engineering program	Industrial design engineering
Master of engineering program	Forestry engineering (Furniture design and engineering
Undergraduate program	Furniture Design and Engineering
	Industrial design
	Product design

Undergraduate program

Undergraduate	Core Curriculum	Non-core Curriculum
Furniture Design and Engineering	Fast Expressive Skills of Furniture, Ergonomics, Furniture Manufacturing and equipment and Robot technology, Surface Decoration of Furniture, Appreciation of Mainstream Furniture, Furniture Conceptual Design, Furniture Construction Design, Wood Furniture Manufacturing Technology, Building and Furnishing Woodworks, Whole Home Furniture System Design, Product Planning and Design Management, Smart Furniture Design, Technology of Upholstered Furniture Manufacturing, Digital Design and Technology, Digital Manufacturing and Management (MES & ERP), Industrial Engineering, Design Sketch, Design Color, Design Graphics I/II, Computer Aid Design I/II, Design Thought and Method, Model Design and Making	An Introduction to Smart Furniture History, Furniture Materials, Mapping and Expression of Furniture, Preliminary Furniture Design, Exhibit Design of Furniture Prototype, Design of Healthcare Furniture, Antique Furniture Restoration and Conservation, Rattan and Bamboo Furniture Manufacturing Technology, Green Furniture Technology, 3D Printing Technology
Industry Design	Thinking and Method of Design，Material and Crafts，Ergonomics， Structural Design of Products，Product Design，Design of Interior Product，Geography and Culture Based Creative Design， Product Thematic Design, Creative Service Design，Mobile Application Development Design，UI Design，Interaction Design, Intelligent Household Product Design，Structural Design of Wood Furniture， Furniture Design，Basis of Manufacturing Techniques of Wood Furniture	Advanced Sketch，Brand Strategy and Design，Design of Public Environmental Facilities，Design of Home Furniture，Design of Office Furniture，Virtual Animation Design，Design Psychology，Visual Communication Design
Product Design	Thinking and Method of Design，Geography and Culture Based Creative Design，Structural Design of Wood Furniture，Ergonomics，Intelligent Household Product Design，Special-topic Design of Culture Creative Product，Practice of Culture Creative Product，Basis of Manufacturing Techniques of Wood Furniture，Furniture Design Practice Urban Furniture Design，Design of Furniture Form，Product Development Design，Product Design Practice	Brand Strategy and Design，Design of Furniture Display，User Interface Design，Creative Service Design，Soft Loading Design，Design of Furniture Art，Virtual Animation Design

Master of engineering program——Furniture Design and Engineering

Furniture Design and Engineering	Degree course	A	Compulsory courses	Theory and Practical Research of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
				English
				English
		B	Basic theory course	Design Culture
				Design Method
				Design Aesthetics
				Design Management
				High-level Wood Science
				Statistical Analysis and Mathematical Model
				Kansei Engineering
		C	Professional basic courses	Monograph of Ergonomics
				Chinese and Foreign Traditional Furniture
				Furniture Culture
				Industrial Engineering
		D	Specialized course	Modern Furniture Design
				New Manufacturing of Furniture and Wood Products
				Production and Operation Management of Modern Furniture
				Management of Furniture Quality
				Woodworking with Numerically-controlled Machine and Program
	NON-Degree course	D	Specialized course	Wooden Eco-materials and Decoration Products
				Product System Design
				Design Psychology
				Monograph of Interior Product Design
				Wood NDT technology
				Advanced CAD
				Antique Furniture Restoration and Conservation
				Identification of Traditional Furniture
				Method of Scientific Research
				Monograph of Furniture Manufacturing and Process Automation
				Building and Furnishing Woodworks
				Wood Environment Science
		E	Elective course
		Compulsory non degree course		Dialectics of Nature
	Interdisciplinary or equivalent master's degree			Furniture Conceptual Design
				Wood Furniture Manufacturing Technology
				Furniture Construction Design
				Technology of Upholstered Furniture Manufacturing
				Metal Furniture Manufacturing Technology
				Surface Decoration of Furniture

Master of engineering program——Industrial Design and Engineering

Industrial Design and Engineering	Basic degree course	Dialectics of Nature
		Theory and Practice Research of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
		English
		Engineering Ethics
		Statistical Analysis and Mathematical Model
	Public professional degree course	Monograph of Modern Interior Product Design
	Industrial design（Degree Programs）	Principles of Products Design
		Interaction Design
		Visualization Technology of Product
	Furniture design （Degree Programs）	Monograph of Modern Furniture
		Industrial Engineering
		Product System Design
	Elective course	Product Form Design
		Design Management
		Literature Retrieval and Utilization
		Monograph of Ergonomics
		New Manufacturing of Furniture and Wood Products
		Kansei Engineering
		Production and Operation Management of Modern Furniture
		Corporate and Brand Image Design
		Visual Media and Application
		3D Animation Technology of Industrial Product
		Management of Furniture Quality
		Advanced Manufacturing Technology
		Wood Eco-materials and Decoration Products
		Computer Management System
		Monograph Summary
		Practice of Product Development and Design
		Practice of Furniture Production and Management
		Practice of Furniture Quality Management

Doctorate program

Doctorate program	Degree course	Public Degree course	Chinese Marxism and Contemporary
			English
			English Reading and Writing
		Professional degree course	Creative System of Furniture and Wood Works
			Ergonomics
			Advanced Wood Science
			Design engineering
			Wood Environmental Science
	Non-Degree course	Elective course	Selection of Marxism Classics
			Second Foreign Language-Japanese
			Second Foreign Language-German
			Second Foreign Language-English
			Product Service System Design
			Production and Operation Management of Modern Furniture
			New Technology of Wood Processing
			Furniture Culture
			Kansei Engineering
			Structure and Function of Composite Science
			Wood Industry Environment Science
			Woodworking with Numerically-controlled Machine and Programming
			Wood NDT technology
			Statistical Analysis and Mathematical Model
			Modern Test Technique
			Method of Scientific Research
	Interdisciplinary or equivalent Doctorate's degree		Modern Furniture Design
			Industrial Engineering
			New Manufacturing of Furniture and Wood Products
			Management of Furniture Quality
			Chinese and Foreign Traditional Furniture

CFID was the first few departments entitled to award a doctorate degree of Furniture design and engineering in China.

In 2004,it started recruiting master and doctorate students.

Furniture design and engineering of our school is among the first-class key disciplines of China and Jiangsu province, and the key discipline of China forestry

III.Affiliated Research Institutions

International Cooperation	Alberta Aspen Innovation Center
International Cooperation	China-Italy Furniture-furnishing Design and Innovation Center
Provincial center	Jiangsu Furniture & Furnishing Engineering Research Center (JFFERC)
Provincial center	Jiangsu Industrial Design Center
Provincial magazines	Furniture
University-level research institutions	Research center of furniture and wood products engineering
	Research center of furniture design
	Research center of industrial design
	Classical furniture and Hongmu craft institute
	Institute of ergonomics
	China-Finland international design center

IV.International Exchange and Collaboration

Our school has established academic links with universities and research institutes around the world, including Italy, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Hungary.

（1）Degree programs for foreign students

(2) Short-term Training “Exploring Furniture industry and market in China”for Italian students

（3）Intensive Training Workshop in Italy

(4) Lecturing at foreign universities

(5) International academic seminars

（6)Cooperation and communication with international universities

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