Shandong University of Technology, founded in 1956, is located in Zibo, Shandong Province, the former capital of the State of Qi, a famous city of Chinese ceramics and the birthplace of world football. It is a teaching and research university that focuses on engineering, combines science and engineering, integrates liberal arts and science, and promotes the coordinated development of multiple disciplines. It is a key university in Shandong Province for the cultivation of applied talents and a high-level university construction unit.
The university covers a total area of 3,600 mu, with a building area of over 1.2 million square meters. The library has a collection of 3.54 million volumes, and the total value of fixed assets is nearly 3.2 billion yuan, of which the total value of teaching and research equipment is over 900 million yuan. The school has 25 teaching units and 26 university-level research institutes. There are more than 36,000 full-time undergraduate students and more than 6,100 doctoral and master's students. The school covers nine disciplines: engineering, science, agriculture, management, economics, literature, law, education, and art. There are three postdoctoral research stations, seven first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degrees, one category of doctoral professional degrees, 25 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, and 25 categories of master's professional degrees. Three disciplines, namely agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical engineering and technology, have been selected as first-class disciplines in Shandong Province, and five disciplines, namely chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and environment and ecology, have entered the top 1 percent globally.
The university has 2,843 staff members, including 2,284 full-time teachers, among whom 331 hold senior professional titles, 3 are overseas academicians, 20 are experts of the National Key Talent Program, and 11 are recipients of the special government allowance of The State Council.
Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the school has undertaken 2,358 research projects at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including 717 national-level projects. It has received 278 provincial and ministerial-level or higher scientific research awards, including one second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, one third prize of the Outstanding scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) of the Ministry of Education, one Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award, 11 first prizes of the Shandong Science and Technology Award, seven first prizes of the Shandong Social Science Award, and one Shandong Cultural Innovation Award. Transfer and transformation of 139 scientific and technological achievements.
The school adheres to open education, implements the "Belt and Road" education initiative, and continuously enhances the internationalization level of education. It has established friendly cooperative relations with 161 universities and research institutions in 45 countries, including the United States, Russia and South Korea.
The school has been actively developing international student education. Since 1997, it has recruited and trained international students. In 2011, it became one of the first institutions eligible to receive the Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship for Foreign Students. In 2014, it became an institution eligible to train international students under the "Chinese Government Scholarship" program. In 2019, it was approved for the first time under the "Silk Road" Chinese Government Scholarship program. In 2021, it successfully passed the quality certification of higher education for international students organized by the China Education Association for International Exchange on behalf of the Ministry of Education. In 2023, it became a recipient institution of the International Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship. Over the past decade, it has trained more than 6,500 international students from over 30 countries including the United States, Russia and South Korea.
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