Founded in 1956, Shandong University of Technology is located in Zibo City, Shandong Province, the birthplace of Qi culture with a long history. It is a high-level university construction unit jointly established by the National Defense Science and Technology Industry Bureau and the People's Government of Shandong Province. It is a multidisciplinary university focusing on science and engineering in Shandong Province.
The school currently has 27 colleges and 24 school-level research institutes. It has 3 post-doctoral research mobile stations, 4 first-level disciplines for doctoral degree authorization, 25 first-level disciplines for master's degree authorization, 21 master's degree authorization categories, and 72 undergraduate majors. Agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering are the high-level disciplines, electrical engineering (cultivation), chemistry, engineering and other disciplines have ranked in the top 1% of the global ESI. Also, it covers disciplines such as engineering, science, economics and management, which has formed a multidisciplinary layout of coordinated development.
The university has established friendly and cooperative relations with 106 universities and research institutes in 29 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia, and has jointly built 12 joint laboratories and research centers for international cooperation, and carried out 4 undergraduate projects for Chinese-foreign cooperation.
Shandong University of Technology is eligible to enroll foreign students studying in China for the Chinese Government Scholarship, Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship and University Scholarship of Excellence.