On February 16 the examinees sat patiently in the 200,000-square-foot hall of the Shungeng International Convention Center in Jinan city, reports the People's Daily Online.
With registration for the university on the rise, this year's competition has become much fiercer as the number of students set to be recruited by the university has shrunk.
They're required to attend a sketching session, a drawing session and a painting session.
Pictures taken on the day of the exam show the students focusing on their work intensely in a bid to win a place at the university. Amazingly, a student who had no arms sat the exam room and used his feet to paint as well as sketch.
For the budding young artists who took their exams yesterday, chances of getting are very slim, only one out of every 30 candidates will be chosen.
Art universities have always been a hit among China's high school students who are applying for the limited spaces available. The Shandong Arts and Design University is one of 31 art and design universities in the country.
Around 900,000 applicants take the national college entrance exam for art in China every year.
