CAD attaches big significance to the school-enterprise cooperation and has established partnership with well-known enterprises, including Dongguan Zhipin Clothing Co., Ltd., Yichun Group, Dongguan Hefanqi Clothing Co., Ltd., which guarantees internships and jobs for students.
From 2011 to 2018, the faculty staff undertook 13 provincial and national projects and published more than 160 papers in provincial and national journals. Since 2011, more than 300 students have participated in provincial and national competitions and won awards in over 20 projects, including 15 national competitions and 15 provincial ones. For example, 3 students won the national first prize and 5 won the second national prize in the 8th National Aesthetic Education Achievement Exhibition in 2015; students won silver, bronze and excellent awards in the 2nd “China Image Cup” Clothing Competition in 2015, and won the first prize of the group in the Annual National University Exhibition of Fine Arts in 2017, etc.