The university adheres to an international development strategy and has established friendly relations with more than 180 universities in 38 countries (regions), initially building a global cooperation network. More than 100 international joint training programs for students have been launched, covering the entire chain from credit programs to bachelor's, master's, doctoral and postdoctoral research. Two Sino-foreign cooperative undergraduate programs, one master's program and one Sino-foreign cooperative institution have been established. Eight Confucius Institutes have been established overseas, ranking among the top in the country. It has been awarded the titles of "Advanced Chinese Partner of Confucius Institutes", "Advanced Confucius Institute of the World" and "Advanced Individual of Confucius Institute of the World". The university is the legal person, president and secretary-general unit of Shandong Education International Exchange Association and an advanced unit of Shandong Education International Exchange Work.
The university is one of the first designated institutions approved by the Ministry of Education of China to admit international students and to accept Chinese government Scholarship students. It is also one of the first institutions to accept Confucius Institute Scholarship students and Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship students. Since 1983, the university has been recruiting international students. Over the past 40-plus years, it has trained more than 20,000 long-term and short-term international students from over 70 countries and regions around the world and has become a window school for Shandong Province's opening up to the outside world.
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| Program | Duration | Language | Tuition (CNY/year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese language | 1 | Chinese | 14,000 |