Shandong Jiaotong University

Shandong Normal University was established in 1956 in Jinan, capital city of Shandong Province. It operates across two campuses and maintains a strong academic focus on teacher education and humanities, with additional programmes in social sciences, natural sciences, and management. The university integrates elements of Qilu cultural tradition into its teaching and research environment. Its library holds extensive collections, and it hosts multiple discipline-specific research centres. Student enrolment spans undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels across several schools and faculties.

Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), established in 1956, is a key comprehensive university in Shandong Province with a focus on science and engineering. It is in Zibo, historically the capital of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The campus covers 240 hectares and is about 1.5 hours from Qingdao by high-speed rail and about 2.5 hours’ drive from Qufu. SDUT has 21 academic schools, about 33,000 full-time undergraduates, and over 2,600 graduate students. Disciplines span engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, history, pedagogy, and arts. Programs include 75 undergraduate, 98 graduate, and 13 doctoral offerings. Notable fields cited include Chinese Language and Literature, International Economy and Trade, Finance, Accounting, Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation, Vehicle Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Energy and Power Engineering, and Civil Engineering. SDUT is an HSK examination center approved by Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) and works with the International Society of Chinese Language Pedagogy on Chinese language teacher training and testing (Certificate of Accreditation in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language). It accepts Chinese Government Scholarship and Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship students and has cooperative relationships with more than 60 universities in 17 countries )

Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST), founded in 1951 in Qingdao, is a multidisciplinary university with particular strength in engineering and the sciences.

Shandong Jianzhu University (SJU), founded in 1956, is in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province and a historic cultural city. It has grown into an applied research university focused on engineering, especially civil engineering and architecture, with coordinated development across engineering, science, management, literature, law, agronomy, and art. The campus covers more than 160 hectares with about 700,000 square meters of buildings. There are 20 schools (departments), 64 undergraduate programs, 4 research (design) institutes, and over 26,800 full-time students. SJU is described as the only university in China designated to cultivate doctoral talent for green architecture to meet special national needs, and the only university in Shandong that has passed national professional evaluation (certification) for all civil engineering majors. It was the first undergraduate university in Shandong in the national industry–education integration demonstration project. ESI engineering ranks among the top 1% worldwide. Architecture and civil engineering are first-class disciplines in Shandong; architecture is listed as a high-level advantageous and characteristic discipline. Civil engineering, building environment and energy application, urban and rural planning, and water supply and sewerage engineering are provincial high-level application key construction majors. Architecture, civil engineering, electrical engineering and automation, and environmental design have been rated national characteristic majors. The university has strong research strength in new urbanization, building industrialization, green building, smart city, and ancient building fields )

Founded in 1953 and based in Beijing, China University of Petroleum has grown into a national university focused on energy science and engineering. It operates sixteen colleges offering undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programmes across petroleum engineering, geosciences, mechanical and electrical engineering, environmental science, and emerging areas including clean energy and energy policy. The university hosts two national key laboratories and over twenty ministerial research institutes, supporting work in deep-water technology, safety engineering and sustainable energy systems. Its academic staff includes nearly 1,400 teachers, among them professors and researchers recognised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. With more than 15,000 students—including over 800 from abroad—the university maintains strong ties with major energy enterprises worldwide. Its campuses combine long-standing expertise in oil and gas with expanding engagement in broader energy transitions.

Qingdao University sits on a coastal campus at the foot of Fushan Mountain, with views across to the Yellow Sea. Founded in 1987, it is one of China’s earlier institutions approved to enrol international students and hosts an HSK test centre. The university comprises 22 colleges offering 94 undergraduate majors, alongside 35 doctoral and 178 master’s programmes across disciplines including medicine, engineering, law, arts, and social sciences. Its student body exceeds 40,000. Qingdao’s mild climate, seaside setting, and layered cultural history—shaped by German colonial architecture, maritime trade, and modern academic life—form part of the university’s everyday context. International engagement is embedded in its structure, with formal partnerships spanning over 20 countries and regular teaching contributions from visiting academics worldwide.