NWU-Salento School of Cultural Heritage and Arts (An-Lai School), jointly managed by Northwest University of China and the University of Salento in Italy, is the first Sino-foreign cooperative education institution of NWU, and China’s first Sino-foreign cooperative education institution in the field of cultural heritage. The School leverages the resources of NWU’s School of Cultural Heritage, Art School, and other departments, as well as the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Salento, to build a teaching team with a reasonable age structure, diverse academic backgrounds, and outstanding teaching capabilities, ensuring the high-quality development of its programs. The faculty includes both renowned senior professors and dynamic young and middle-aged core teachers, whose comprehensive strength ranks among the leading positions in similar disciplines at domestic and international universities.