Qingdao University of Science and Technology

Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST) is a multidisciplinary university with a particular focus on engineering, which coordinately develops with science, engineering, literature, economics, management, medicine, law, art, and education. It is a key university directly affiliated to Shandong Province and a preeminent featured university for the cultivation of fundamental and professional talents approved by the Shandong provincial government. Furthermore, it is evaluated as an “outstanding university for its undergraduate education” and a “national top university in its practice of the employment of graduates” by the Ministry of Education (MOE), and praised as “Huangpu Military Academy of China Rubber Industry” by the society. Shenyang Advanced Vocational School, the predecessor of QUST, was founded in 1950 and moved to Qingdao in 1956. In 1958, the school was upgraded into the Shandong Institute of Chemical Engineering under the approval of the People’s Government of Shandong Province and began to conduct higher education formally. It was renamed the Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology under the approval of the MOE in 1984. In 1998, it was handed over to Shandong Province from the Ministry of Chemistry (MCI). In 2002, approved by MOE, the school was renamed Qingdao University of Science and Technology after merging Qingdao Arts and Crafts School in 2001. In 2009, Gaomi Campus was put into use. In 2016, QUST merged the Chemical Technology Academy of Shandong Province, composing a new chapter of its development. QUST now has four campuses located respectively in Laoshan, Sifang, Gaomi, and Jinan, with a total floor area of 920,000㎡of its school buildings and the fixed assets of 2.8 billion yuan. Its library has a collection of over 3 million books and magazines. QUST has a professional staff of over 2100, among which there are 2 academicians, 8 double-hired academicians, 1 foreign expert of the Thousand Talents Plan, 1 youth expert of the Thousand Talents Plan, 1 leading personnel of the Ten-Thousand Talents Plan, 2 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 1 National Distinguished Model Teacher, 3 candidates of the “National Key Talent Project”, 4 National Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions, 10 National Outstanding Teachers, 51 teachers enjoying the State Council Special Allowance, 2 leading talents of the characteristic & preponderant discipline of Taishan Scholars, 23 “Taishan Scholars” (specially-invited professors, specially-invited foreign experts and young experts) , 12 Provincial Distinguished Model Teachers, 5 academic pacesetters of Shandong Province, 4 leading experts of key disciplines of Shandong Province, 4 Top Ten Outstanding Teachers of Shandong High Education Institutions and 34 Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in Shandong Province.