The establishment of a graduate studies department in the field of plastic arts at the Academy comes within the social, economic, educational and artistic development that the Libyan Arab society is experiencing on the one hand and the scientific and technical transformations that are taking place at the global level on the other hand, and because the plastic arts sector represents a great civilized role in effectively contributing to the Renaissance and progress of the country's paper through rooting and protecting heritage and preserving the identity of the nation, and opening the way for creative people to engage in scientific and practical research experiments with conscious thought and authentic culture to achieve the desired goals and objectives. This department was established at the beginning of the spring semester of 2001.

The Department of plastic arts aspires to focus the knowledge and artistic theories of the students in the community, to make art a means to achieve the cultural needs of the Libyan society, to form creative people capable of spreading aesthetic values in society.

The mission of the Department of plastic arts is to consolidate and achieve the artistic character of the region through the qualification of artistic and scientific cadres whose goal is to raise the level of visual taste for fine and Applied Arts among community members.

The objectives of the department can be summarized as follows:

1. Establishing the basis of continuous scientific research in the plastic arts to serve the general goals of the Libyan Arab Muslim community.
2. To promote the creative movement of plastic art and contribute to the revival and development of heritage.
3. Providing the necessary consultations to the community in the field of Arts.
4. Encouraging authorship and translation in the field of Fine Arts.
5. Closer scientific and professional relations and links with the corresponding institutions inside and outside the country.