Yantai University | Chinese Universities

Yantai University is located in Yantai, a national historical and cultural city and the best charming city in China, and is a key comprehensive university in Shandong Province. The university was founded in 1984 with the support of Peking University and Tsinghua University. With the Yellow Sea to the east and the green hills to the west, the university has a beautiful environment and pleasant climate, and is the closest to the sea and has the longest coastline in China.

The university was officially enrolled in 1985 and became an authorized unit of master's degree in 1998. in March 2001, the former Shandong Provincial School of Building Materials Industry and the former Shandong Provincial School of Fisheries were merged into Yantai University with the approval of Shandong Provincial Government. in 2012, the university was approved as the first batch of construction units of Shandong Provincial Famous University Project, and in the same year, it was approved to serve the national special needs of doctoral talent training project, and in 2019, it became a provincial and municipal university. "In 2020, the university was awarded the qualification of postdoctoral program and selected as a high-level university of Shandong Province In 2020, the university is qualified for post-doctoral recruitment and selected as a high-level university with "strong characteristics", and two disciplines of law and pharmacology are selected as "advantageous and characteristic disciplines" in Shandong Province. Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Engineering and Material Science have been ranked in the top 1% of the global ESI.

Excellent running conditions

The university covers an area of 2100 mu, with a building area of 1,019,800 square meters, and the total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is 602 million yuan. At present, the construction of Yantai University Science and Education Park has been started in Yantai Development Zone, with a planned area of 1200 mu and a planned construction area of 670,000 square meters. The university has built Chengxian Library and Yifu Library, with a total area of 42,300 square meters, a collection of 2.76 million books, nearly 20,000 electronic journals in Chinese and foreign languages, and nearly 100 databases in Chinese and foreign languages on line. The university has built a 5,000-square-meter provincial college students' business incubation park and a 1,000-meter culture and art corridor, and iconic cultural attractions such as the Ruzi Cow, the Eight Scenic Gardens, Sanyuan Lake, the Smoky Rain Pavilion, the Bell Tower and the "Ascension" sculpture are all over campus. The university is a civilized campus in Shandong Province, a research base for party building in Shandong colleges and universities, an advanced unit for enterprise and school construction in Shandong Province, a benchmark school for safe campus in the province, and a demonstration school for inheriting excellent Chinese traditional culture in Shandong Province.

The university now has 23 colleges, 75 research institutes, 23 master's degree authorized disciplines, 14 master's degree authorized categories, 58 undergraduate majors, covering 10 disciplines of arts, science, engineering, law, agriculture, medicine, economics, management, education and arts. There are more than 30,000 full-time undergraduates, postgraduates and international students, with undergraduate students from 30 provinces (cities and districts) across China. In 1995, the university passed the evaluation of undergraduate teaching level by the former State Education Commission, and in 2004, it was awarded excellent in the evaluation of undergraduate teaching level by the Ministry of Education.

Strong Faculty

There are one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 11 national talents such as Changjiang scholars and national teaching masters, two national outstanding teachers, two experts of the National Social Science Foundation, one national cultural master and "four groups" talent project, 10 experts who enjoy the special allowance of the government of the State Council, the Ministry of Education "New Century Talents" support program candidates 4 people, the provincial "one proposal" top talent 2 people, Taishan scholars 20 people, Taishan industry leading talent 3 people, Qilu cultural talent 2 people, the province has outstanding contribution to the young and middle-aged experts 14 people, the provincial teaching teacher 9 There are 5 recipients of provincial outstanding youth fund, 6 recipients of provincial excellent youth fund, 3 recipients of provincial excellent youth fund (overseas), 3 selected candidates of provincial "Foreign Specialists Double Hundred Plan", 1 chief expert of provincial think tank, 3 recipients of provincial outstanding contribution to social science award, 2 recipients of provincial social science discipline new talent award. There are 11 teams under the project of the Provincial Higher Education Talent Cultivation Program. There are 3 members of Teaching Steering Committee of Higher Education Ministry of Education and 34 members of Teaching Steering Committee of Undergraduate Education of Shandong Province.

Rich teaching resources

There are 15 national first-class majors, 17 provincial first-class majors, 4 national specialties and 14 provincial brand specialties. 6 majors have entered the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and "Excellent Legal Talent Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education. Six majors have entered the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education. There are 2 provincial-level adult higher education brand majors, 15 provincial-level adult higher education special courses and 16 provincial-level adult education digital courses. There are 1 national teaching team, 5 provincial teaching teams, 2 Shandong Province Huang Danian-style teacher teams, and 1 national teaching achievement award for higher education. It has 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 1 approved national virtual simulation experimental teaching project, and 4 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers. In 2017-2021, the university ranked 128th in the national competition ranking of university students and 74th in the national provincial universities. 2022, the university was awarded the special prize of the 17th "Challenge Cup" National Academic Science and Technology Competition for University Students. In 2019, it was awarded the "May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Committee". The overall employment rate of graduates has remained stable at over 95%.

Strong Scientific Research Strength

There are two national technology transfer centers, one key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, one research base for ethnic theory and policy of the National People's Committee, and one national training base for intellectual property. It has been selected as a national pilot university for intellectual property rights and approved as a base for transformation of scientific and technological achievements and technology transfer in Shandong Province universities. There are 1 provincial basic science research center, 1 provincial technology innovation center, 4 provincial collaborative innovation centers in higher education, including 1 model collaborative innovation center in Shandong province, 3 provincial engineering laboratories, 7 provincial key laboratories, 1 local legislation research service base of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, 1 key research base of the provincial theory construction project, 2 provincial humanities and social science research bases in colleges and universities, 1 provincial research base for casting a firm sense of Chinese national community. 1 research base of community consciousness, 8 provincial engineering technology research centers, 1 provincial Taishan scholars seed industry talent team support program, 1 provincial excellent scientific research innovation team, 1 provincial international (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) science and technology cooperation platform, 1 provincial research institute, 1 provincial soft science research base, 2 provincial intangible cultural heritage research bases, 1 provincial university science and technology park and 1 provincial science and technology business incubator. Law has entered the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education in the B category and the top 20% of the best disciplines in China, and mathematics has entered the top 400 of the world's top disciplines.

In recent years, it has won one National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, one China Patent Gold Medal, two National Social Science Achievements Database, and more than 220 awards at the provincial and ministerial levels. Presided over more than 420 national research projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Foundation of China, and National Key Research and Development Program. Presided over nearly 1000 provincial and ministerial level research projects. Hosted more than 2100 horizontal research projects, and the total research funding exceeded 200 million yuan in 2021. The Journal of Yantai University (Philosophy and Social Science Edition) is a core journal of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences. The Journal of Yantai University (Natural Science and Engineering Edition) is listed in the China Academic Journal Digest Database.

Extensive External Exchanges

We have established friendly cooperation with more than 120 colleges and academic institutions in 30 countries and regions. There are one Sino-foreign cooperative institution and three undergraduate programs with universities in Germany, the United States, Korea and Italy, and more than 50 friendly institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Belarus and other countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as undergraduate dual degree, undergraduate to master's degree, master's and doctoral joint training programs. and doctoral joint training programs. The University of Portsmouth (UK) and the Korea Study Abroad Program are also available. The university is one of the first institutions in China that are allowed to accept foreign students and invite foreign cultural and educational experts, and is the base of Chinese language education in Shandong Province.