Shandong University of Science and Technology Scholarship

About the university

Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST), located in Shandong Province, is a full-time public undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and under the administration of Shandong Province. It is a co-established university by the Shandong Provincial People's Government and the State Administration of Work Safety, a member of the National Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program, and a university implementing the Shandong Province 'Strive for First-Class' high-level university initiative. SDUST originated from the Shandong Mining Area No.2 Coal Mine Vocational School established in 1951 and the Jinan Coal Mine School established in 1956, which later developed into Huainan Mining Institute and Shandong Coal Mine Institute respectively. In 1963, Huainan Mining Institute merged into Shandong Coal Mine Institute. In 1971, Shandong Coal Mine Institute and Tai'an Coal Mine School formed Shandong Mining Institute. In November 1981, it was approved as one of the first batch of master's degree-granting units in China. In October 1995, it was approved as a doctoral degree-granting unit. In 1999, Shandong Mining Institute merged with Shandong Coal Education College to form Shandong University of Science and Technology. In 2001, Shandong Finance School merged into the university. In 2004, the main campus moved to Qingdao. In July 2012, it was designated as a Shandong Province Applied Basic Talents Training Characteristic University. In December 2020, it entered the ranks of Shandong Province's 'Strive for First-Class' high-level university construction. As of March 2025, the university has three campuses in Qingdao, Tai'an, and Jinan, covering a total area of over 3,500 mu (approximately 233 hectares), with a building area of 1.56 million square meters and teaching and research equipment valued at 1.07 billion yuan. It comprises 34 teaching units, 72 undergraduate programs, 10 post-doctoral research stations, 11 first-level doctoral degree authorization disciplines, 1 professional doctoral degree category, 33 first-level master's degree authorization disciplines, and 22 professional master's degree categories. The university has over 28,700 full-time undergraduate students and over 11,100 graduate students, with more than 3,300 faculty and staff. In July 1951, the Central People's Government Fuel Industry Ministry Coal Mine Management Bureau approved the establishment of the Shandong Mining Area No.2 Coal Mine Vocational School in Hongshan. The school site was selected at the west mountain of Hongshan Coal Mine, the former site of the East China Industrial and Mining Department Sanatorium. On September 10, the school name was changed to 'Shandong Mining Bureau No.2 Coal Mine Vocational School'. On October 23, according to the document from the National Coal Mine Management Bureau Education Department, it was renamed 'Hongshan Coal Mine Vocational School', under the Shandong Mining Bureau. In July 1952, following the instructions of the Central People's Government Fuel Industry Ministry Coal Mine Management Bureau, the school name was changed to 'Central People's Government Fuel Industry Ministry Hongshan Coal Mine Industrial School', abbreviated as 'Hongshan Coal School'. In 1951, the school canteen was established. On April 30, 1953, the Central People's Government Fuel Industry Ministry Coal Mine Management Bureau instructed the East China Coal Mine Management Bureau to relocate Hongshan Coal School to the former site of Huainan Coal Mine Workers' Accelerated Middle School, located north of Dongshan Station in Huainan City. In July, Hongshan Coal Mine Industrial School was renamed 'Huainan Coal Mine Industrial School'. In July 1956, the Coal Industry Ministry Jinan Coal Mine School was established at Dikou Road, Tianqiao District, Jinan City, Shandong Province. In July 1958, Huainan Coal Mine School was upgraded to Huainan Mining Institute, and Jinan Coal Mine School was upgraded to Shandong Coal Industry College. In 1960, Shandong Coal Industry College was upgraded to Shandong Coal Mine Institute. In June 1962, the Ministry of Education held a national education conference, deciding to merge or close a number of newly established higher education institutions and secondary specialized schools. Subsequently, the Shandong Provincial Party Committee held a meeting on the adjustment of higher education institutions, deciding to discontinue Shandong Coal Mine Institute. In March 1963, the State Council approved the retention of Shandong Coal Mine Institute and the merger of Huainan Mining Institute into it. In June, the State Council approved the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Coal, agreeing to dissolve Jiangxi Coal Mine Institute and merge part of it into Shandong Coal Mine Institute. The Ministry of Coal and Shandong Coal Management Bureau dissolved the Shandong Coal Cadre College (Ma'anshan Cadre School) under the Shandong Coal Management Bureau. In July, the Shandong Provincial Education Department decided to merge the mine electromechanical specialty of Jinan Institute of Technology into Shandong Coal Mine Institute. The Ministry of Coal wrote to the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, proposing to transfer students from Jiangxi Coal Mine Institute to Shandong Coal Mine Institute. In April 1964, the Ministry of Coal agreed to place Shandong Coal Mine Institute directly under its leadership. In August 1966, the institute accepted 20 Vietnamese international students commissioned by the Ministry of Education. In January 1971, the institute moved from Jinan to industrial and mining areas for open-door education, setting up teaching points in Yanzhou and Feicheng. In October, after merging with Tai'an Coal Mine School, Shandong Coal Mine Institute was renamed Shandong Mining Institute. In November, Shandong Coal Mine Institute moved from Jinan to the site of Tai'an Coal Mine School, and the original Jinan campus became the Jinan Branch of Shandong Mining Institute.