Qufu Normal University Scholarship

About the university

Qufu Normal University (QFNU), located in Qufu City, Shandong Province, is jointly established by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education and Jining Municipal People's Government, and is under the administration of the Shandong Provincial Department of Education. It is a first-class discipline construction university in Shandong Province, one of the first universities in China to enroll graduate students, a key university in Shandong Province, a university implementing the Ministry of Education's Excellent Secondary School Teacher Training Program, and a base for the construction of teacher ethics and conduct by the Ministry of Education. The predecessor of Qufu Normal University was Shandong Normal Junior College, founded in 1955. In 1956, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to be upgraded to Qufu Normal College. From September 1970 to April 1974, it merged with the liberal arts departments of Shandong University to form a new Shandong University. In April 1974, the Qufu Normal College system was restored. In 1981, it was designated by the Shandong Provincial People's Government as one of the six key universities for construction, and was approved as one of the first universities in China to enroll graduate students. In 1982, it obtained the authority to confer master's degrees. In 1985, it was renamed Qufu Normal University. In 2002, the Rizhao campus was established. In 2003, it obtained the authority to confer doctoral degrees. In 2022, the expansion project of the Qufu campus, a major educational project of the province's 14th Five-Year Plan, was completed. As of June 2025, the university covers an area of 3,337 mu, with two campuses in Qufu and Rizhao. It has 30 teaching institutions, 12 first-level doctoral disciplines, 1 professional doctoral degree category, 26 first-level master's disciplines, 20 professional master's degree categories, 11 postdoctoral research stations, 70 undergraduate programs, and a comprehensive disciplinary system covering 10 major categories. The university has 2,808 faculty and staff, 31,536 undergraduate students, 7,750 master's and doctoral students, and 220 international students enrolled. In July 1955, the university was established in Qufu under the name Shandong Normal Junior College. As the campus was not yet completed, it temporarily used the old campus of Shandong Normal College for teaching. From September 1970 to April 1974, it merged with the liberal arts departments of Shandong University to form a new Shandong University. After nearly four years of merger, the original Shandong University faculty returned to Jinan in April 1974, and Qufu Normal College was restored. During these four years, the liberal arts faculty of the two universities exchanged and complemented each other in their work. In 1981, it was designated as one of the six key universities for construction by the Shandong Provincial People's Government; in the same year, it was approved as one of the first universities in China to enroll graduate students. In July 2017, the university signed a cooperation agreement with Liangshan County to jointly build the Affiliated Liangshan Middle School of Qufu Normal University. In August 2017, the university was selected for the Ministry of Education's "Promoting the Implementation of Excellent Secondary School Teacher Training" project. In July 2018, the university was rated by the Ministry of Education as a National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Typical Experience University. In November 2018, the Ministry of Education announced the first batch of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture Heritage Bases, and Qufu Normal University was selected.