武漢紡織大學藝術與設計學院的設計學的辦學歷史始于20世紀80年代初,是華中地區最早創辦藝術設計專業的院系之一。
我院經過三十多年的辦學歷史，已逐漸建構了一套屬于自己的教育觀念，辦學特色和教學體系，擁有一支具有敬業精神和創新精神的“雙師型”教師隊伍，在全國建立起良好的辦學聲譽和品牌形象。藝術與設計學院現設置有設計學二級學科五個專業：視覺傳達設計、環境設計、產品設計、工藝美術、公共藝術。其中藝術設計專業為國家特色專業，設計學為湖北省重點學科，湖北省優勢特色學科群。
藝術設計學院以當代藝術與設計思維為主導，以中國傳統文化精神為根基，重視學科厚基礎，重視學科交叉，注重八個結合：即設計教育與藝術結合，設計教育與創新思維結合，設計教育與中國人文精神結合，設計教育與學科厚基礎結合，設計教育與非智力因素結合，設計教育與科技結合，設計教育與動手能力、實踐能力結合，設計教育與創新能力結合。努力構建思維能力+動手能力+實踐能力+創新能力的綜合性人才培養特色。
近年來我院在創作研究和教學研究方面取得了矚目的成績，教研項目《創意產業下的藝術設計教育教學改革和實踐研究》2008年獲湖北省教學成果一等獎，《“創意型、創制型”設計人才培養平臺的建設與實踐》2012年獲湖北省教學成果二等獎。環藝設計作品獲全國美展優秀獎，學院現有在研國家級項目7項，其中國家社科基金2項，國家藝術基金1項，文化部藝術研究項目1項，教育部人文社科研究項目3項，出版專著和教材20余本。
學院現有教職工64人，其中教授5人，副教授31人，碩士研究生導師23人。湖北省楚天學者特聘教授5人，楚天學子1人，外聘國內外著名教授“特聘教授”2人。在校碩士研究生近200人，學院一直高度重視學術研究氛圍的營造，近年來積極開展各類大型研創學術活動，近5年來相繼舉辦了美國加州大學戴維斯分校纖維藝術聯展、中美設計作品交流展等一系列高層次的國際國內重大學術展覽和學術交流活動。為藝術設計教育與產業挖掘創新設計人才。促進了高校與行業對話，為中國設計搭建了一個高水平的國際化的交流平臺。近年來還積極參與系列學術展演。此外學院還相繼組織策劃了學術研討會，如全國環藝設計學年獎論壇、中韓時尚產業國際研討會。有力地推動了學校學術研究的深度和廣度，提升了學校在中南地區及全國的影響力。
學院現有設計學碩士、藝術設計碩士學位授予權，面向全國招生。
Wuhan Textile University has one of the earliest design schools in Hubei province. After 20 years, the School of Art and Design has gradually established a set of its own educational concepts, school characteristics and teaching system. It has a high spirit of dedication and creative spirit which combines the advantages of "college teachers and corporate mentors" . It has established a good reputation and brand image in the whole country. The school of art and design provides two kinds of graduate programs and six professional directions of bachelor degrees: fiber art design, communication design, environmental design, public art design, art investment and appreciation, and product design. Art design is a national specialty major, and the key subject and the characteristic discipline groups of Hubei province.
The school of Art and Design focuses on the contemporary art and design thinking, takes the traditional culture as the root, and pays attention to the eight combinations: the combination of design education and art, creative thinking, Chinese humanistic spirit, the basic knowledge, non intelligence factors, technology, the ability of practice, and innovation ability. We try to construct the comprehensive educational system which included building the capabilities of thinking, practice, and innovation.
In recent years, our school has made great achievements in research and teaching. "The Teaching Reform and Practice of Artistic Design in the Creative Industry" had won the first prize of teaching achievement award in Hubei province in 2008. "The Construct and Practice of Creative Design Talents Training Platform" had won the second prize of teaching achievement award in Hubei province in 2012. It has seven national projects, which included two national social science funds, a national art fund, an art fund of Ministry of culture, and three humanities and social science research funds of the educational ministry. There are more than 20 books and textbooks published by our faculties.
There are more than 64 faculty members, including 5 professors, 31 associate professors, and 23 graduate supervisors. It has 6 Chutian scholars, 2 "distinguished professors". There are nearly 200 graduate students on campus. The school had pay more attention to create academic atmosphere and actively carried out all kinds of academic researches and exhibitions in recent five years, such as the fiber art exhibition in the University of California at Davis and design exchange exhibition between China and U.S. .In order to build a high exchange platform, the school had also participated in a series of academic activities, for example, the national environmental design forum, the fashion industry in China and South Korean. It had promoted the influence of our school in the central and southern regions and the whole country.
The school has a mater degree program in design, art design.