Why Study at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China

1. History

 

The university’s main campus has been in Qingdao since 2003. It has regional campuses in Tai'an and Jinan. The total area of the university is 243.16 hectares with a floor space of 1.35 million square meters. 

 

2. Discipline and programs 

 

Shandong University of Science and Technology is made up of sixteen academic colleges, nine departments and one independent college. There are five postdoctoral research stations, three level-1 doctoral programs with 24 disciplines conferring doctor’s degrees, seven disciplines with Taishan Scholar professors of Shandong Province, twelve level-1 master’s degree programs with 77 disciplines conferring master’s degrees, fourteen domains conferring master of engineering degrees, and 72 undergraduate programs. 

 

It has one state key discipline, 27 key disciplines (laboratories), one provincial research base for humanities and social sciences, one Qingdao City key laboratory, one engineering research center of the Ministry of Education, seven provincial research centers of engineering and technology.

 

3. Academic facilities and scientific research 

 

Shandong University of Science and Technology is noted for its strengths in basic and applied research and technological development owing to its multidisciplinary features. It boasts solid academic foundation and advantages in Mining Engineering, Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, Geological Resources and Engineering, Control Theory and Control Engineering, Computer Software and Theory, Geotechnical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, and Mechanical Design and Theory. Among a faculty and staff of over 2,900 are 288 professors, including three academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one candidate of the “State 2008 Outstanding Scientists Recruiting Project”. Over 90 long-term foreign experts and teachers work on campus. The University boasts one state key discipline，17 provincial/ministerial key disciplines，one state key lab，32 provincial/ministerial key labs (social sciences and humanities research base), one national-local jointly-run engineering research center, 12 provincial/ministerial engineering research centers, 12 provincial/ministerial engineering research centers, two innovation teams of the Ministry of Education, and one innovation team of Shandong higher learning institutions. Since 2000, SDUST has attained 15 national sci-tech awards and 461 provincial/ministerial awards. 

 

4. Great achievements 

 

In the period of “the eleventh five”, the school undertakes 3842 kinds of scientific research projects, a total of 0.88 billion. There are 713 items of superior science and technology award, of which 5 items of national science and technology award, 218 items of the provincial and ministerial level scientific and Technological Awards. Since the “Twelfth Five Year”, the school has undertaken 3088 items of scientific research projects at all levels, a total of 0.75 billion. There are about 641 items of superior science and technology, of which 4 items of National Science and technology award, 177 items of the provincial and ministerial level scientific and Technological Awards. In 2013, 1090 items of scientific research projects have been set up, a total of 0.26 billion. There are 246 items of scientific and technological awards, including 1 national award, 51 provincial and ministerial level awards, and 633 items of authorized patents.

 

5. Communication and international cooperation 

 

There is a professional center with an approval of the National Manufacturing Information Training Center, a foreign language training center under the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, Shandong-Russia Center of Scientific Cooperation, and the Qingdao Manufacturing Information Personnel Cultivation Base. The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences set up a China Science Center at the University. SDUST actively participates in international exchange and cooperation with a view to internationalize its education. It has established cooperative relationship with 105 higher learning institutions and research institutes in 20 countries and regions including the US, Japan, Germany, Russia, France, Australia, etc. Six Sino-foreign joint laboratories have been set up and over 50 cooperative projects initiated. Joint-education and student exchange programs are set up with countries like the US, France, Germany, Australia, and others. 

 

 

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