Shandong University of Technology

Founded in 1956, Shandong University of Technology is located in Zibo, Shandong Province, the former capital of the State of Qi, a renowned center of Chinese ceramics and the birthplace of football. It is a teaching and research university with an emphasis on engineering, integration of science and engineering, interaction between the humanities and sciences, and coordinated development across multiple disciplines. It is a distinctive university prioritized by Shandong Province for training applied professionals and a participating institution in the province’s high-level university development initiative.
The university covers 3600 mu, with more than 1.2 million square meters of buildings. Its library holds 3.54 million volumes, and fixed assets total nearly RMB 3.2 billion, including over RMB 900 million in teaching and research equipment. It has 25 teaching units and 26 university-level research institutes, with more than 36000 full-time undergraduates and over 6100 doctoral and master’s students. Its disciplines span 9 categories: engineering, science, agriculture, management, economics, literature, law, education and the arts. It has 3 postdoctoral research stations, doctoral degree authorization in 7 first-level disciplines and 1 professional category, and master’s degree authorization in 25 first-level disciplines and 25 professional categories. Three disciplines—agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical engineering and technology—have been selected as Shandong first-class disciplines. Five disciplines—chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural sciences, and environment and ecology—rank in the top 1% worldwide.
The university has 2843 faculty and staff, including 2284 full-time teachers, of whom 331 hold full senior professional titles. Its faculty includes 3 overseas academicians, 20 experts or participants in national talent initiatives such as the National Key Talent Program and the Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project, and 11 recipients of special government allowances from the State Council.
Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the university has undertaken 2358 research projects at provincial or ministerial level or above, including 717 national projects, and received 278 research awards at provincial or ministerial level or above. These include 1 second prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 1 third prize in the Ministry of Education’s Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Awards for Higher Education Institutions in humanities and social sciences, 1 Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award, 11 first prizes in the Shandong Science and Technology Awards, 7 first prizes in the Shandong Social Science Awards, and 1 Shandong Cultural Innovation Award. It has transferred or commercialized 139 scientific and technological achievements.
The university pursues openness, implements the Belt and Road Education Action Plan and continues to enhance the internationalization of its education. It has established friendly partnerships with 161 universities and research institutes in 45 countries, including the United States, Russia and South Korea.
The university actively develops international student education and began recruiting and educating international students in 1997. In 2011, it became one of the first institutions qualified to receive Shandong Provincial Government Scholarships for Foreign Students. In 2014, it qualified to educate international students supported by the Chinese Government Scholarship, and in 2019 it received approval for its first Silk Road Chinese Government Scholarship project. In 2021, it successfully passed quality accreditation for higher education of international students in China, organized by the China Education Association for International Exchange on behalf of the Ministry of Education. In 2023, it became a host institution for International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship students. Over the past 10 years, it has educated more than 6500 international students from over 30 countries, including the United States, Russia and South Korea.

Shandong University of Technology website: http://www.sdut.edu.cn/

School of International Education, Shandong University of Technology website: http://sie.sdut.edu.cn/