北京戏曲艺术职业学院是经北京市人民政府批准、教育部备案的全日制普通高等学校，是北京市唯一一所公办艺术类高等职业学院。学院的前身是创建于 1952年的北京市私立艺培戏曲学校，1953年由北京市政府接管，更名为北京市戏曲学校。著名表演艺术家郝寿臣、马连良、孙毓敏等曾任学校校长。2002年12月，学院成立，正式举办全日制高等职业教育，2006年北京市艺术研究所与学院合并，充实了学院的教学、科研力量。
60年来，几代艺术家辛勤耕耘，为学院艺术教育事业的发展打下了良好的基础。学校从单一的戏曲专业发展到京剧、地方戏曲、音乐、舞蹈、艺术设计、影视表演等多个专业，从单一的戏曲学校发展到综合性的艺术院校，培养了7000余名艺术人才，毕业生中有20人荣获全国戏剧表演最高奖“梅花奖”。
学院现拥有一支实力雄厚，教学经验丰富，老中青相结合的“双师素质”教师队伍。现有在编在岗职工330人，专任教师271人，其中副高以上职称专家47人。有北京市名师5人，北京市优秀青年骨干教师17人，北京市专业带头人1人。同时，学院长期聘请业界著名表演艺术家、学者和优秀演员作为特聘教授来校任教。
学院在发展的历程中逐渐形成了独特的教育理念。坚持以就业为导向，以素质教育为基础，以职业能力培养为核心，以艺术实践推动教学建设。坚持教书育人、公共培训、艺术生产与实践、理论研究，办学特色鲜明，教学成果显著，被誉为培养艺术人才的摇篮。学院多次被评选为“首都文明单位”、“北京市职业教育先进单位”。2008年1月，学院在“高职高专人才培养工作水平评估”中被北京市教育委员会评为“优秀”。2011年12月，学院被北京市教育委员会评为“北京市示范性高等职业院校”。
College Profile
Beijing Opera Arts College is a full-time regular college approved by the People's Government of Beijing Municipality, registered in the Ministry of Education, and the unique public art vocational college that established in Beijing.The college's predecessor was Beijing private arts training opera school founded in 1952, taken over in 1953 by Government of Beijing Municipality, renamed Beijing Opera Arts School. Famous performing artists Hao Shouchen, Ma Lianliang and Sun Yumin had been the principal．In December 2002, the College was established and formally organized full-time high vocational education, in 2006 annexed with Beijing Institute of Arts which has enriched the college's teaching and scientific research.
In recent 60 years, hard work of several generations of artists has laid a good foundation for the development of academic art education. The school has developed from a single opera profession to a number of professions such as peking opera, local drama,music, dance, art design, perform art, etc. also it has developed from a single drama school to a comprehensive arts college. It has trained nearly 6,000 arts professionals.Twenty of them have won the national drama prize,“Plum Blossom Award”.
The College has the most excellent, experienced, and trusted instructors team in Beijing. The instructors team is combined by young and experienced teachers who is called “teacher and actor”. So far we have 195 instructors in this school. It consist of 50 Associate Professor or Professor expert teachers, 4 famous instructors of Beijing and 17 young senior instructors, a professional leaders in Beijing. Meanwhile, the president of the school always open job for artists, actors and scholars who have had special cultural abilities teaching in school as well.
The College insists on taking service as the purpose and taking employment as the guidance. With distinctive education feature and outstanding teaching achievement, out institute has been known as the cradle to cultivate artistic talents. In recent years, the college has been awarded“model of the capital civilization Unit”and“Beijing advanced occupation unit of education”.In January 2008, the college was selected to be the excellent one in the Advanced training colleges talents cultivation assessment” by Beijing Education Committee. In the December of 2011, the college was identified as “Beijing exemplary advanced training college” by Beijing Education Committee.
