China University of Petroleum

China University of Petroleum (East China) is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is one of the universities that focuses on the construction of the national "211 Project" and carries out the construction of the "985 Project Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform" and has a graduate school. The school is also a university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the five major energy enterprise groups, the Ministry of Education and the Shandong Provincial People's Government. It is an important base for the cultivation of high-level talents in petroleum and petrochemicals. It is known as the "cradle of petroleum technology and management talents". It has now become a university with engineering as the main focus, distinctive petroleum and petrochemical characteristics, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. In 2017 and 2022, it entered the ranks of national "Double First-Class" construction universities.

Looking back on the history of the school, at the beginning of the founding of New China in 1953, the national economic construction urgently needed oil resources, and the development of the petroleum industry urgently needed professional talents. Under this situation, with the Department of Petroleum Engineering of Tsinghua University as the foundation, the relevant faculty and school conditions of famous universities such as Peking University, Tianjin University and Dalian Institute of Technology were gathered to establish the first petroleum university in New China, Beijing Petroleum Institute, which was affiliated to the Ministry of Fuel Industry and was one of the eight famous colleges in Beijing at that time. In October 1960, the school was identified as a national key university. In 1969, the school moved to Dongying, Shandong, where Shengli Oilfield is located, and was renamed East China Petroleum Institute. In June 1981, the Graduate School was established in the original site of Beijing Petroleum Institute. In 1988, the school was renamed Petroleum University, and gradually formed a school-running pattern in Shandong and Beijing. In 1997, Petroleum University officially entered the ranks of the first batch of key universities in the national "211 Project". In 2000, Petroleum University was transferred from China National Petroleum Corporation to the Ministry of Education. In June 2000, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the school established a graduate school. In October 2003, the Ministry of Education and the four major national oil companies signed an agreement to jointly build a petroleum university. In August 2004, the Ministry of Education approved the construction of the Qingdao campus of China University of Petroleum (East China). In January 2005, the school was renamed China University of Petroleum. In August 2005, the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Shandong Province signed an agreement to jointly build China University of Petroleum (East China). In October 2006, the school passed the evaluation of undergraduate teaching work of the Ministry of Education with "excellent" results. In 2010, the school became one of the first 61 pilot universities in the country to implement the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and one of the 32 ministerial universities to undertake the national "Professional Degree Graduate Education Comprehensive Reform Pilot Work". In April 2014, the Ministry of Education signed an agreement to jointly build China University of Petroleum with five major energy enterprise groups, including China National Petroleum Corporation, China Petrochemical Corporation, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Shenhua Group Co., Ltd., and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. In December 2018, the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Shandong Province focused on jointly building China University of Petroleum (East China). In 2021, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the Dongying campus was adjusted to the Dongying Science and Education Park, and the main campus was adjusted to Qingdao.

The school covers a total area of ​​more than 5,000 acres and a building area of ​​more than 1.3 million square meters. It has developed a school-running pattern of "two campuses and one park" (Qingdao Tangdao Bay Campus, Guzhenkou Campus and Dongying Science and Education Park). The two campuses in Qingdao are located in Qingdao, a charming sailing capital and a coastal city, which enjoys a high reputation. The Dongying Science and Education Park is located in the central city of the Yellow River Delta, the ecological city, and the oil city-Shandong Dongying. The "two campuses and one park" are both located in the two major national strategic key areas of "blue and yellow". At the same time, the two campuses in Qingdao are also in the national new area newly established in 2014-Qingdao West Coast New Area. The university has a graduate school, 16 teaching colleges (departments) including the School of Earth Sciences and Technology, the School of Petroleum Engineering, the School of Chemical Engineering, the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the School of Storage and Transportation and Construction Engineering, the School of Materials Science and Engineering, the School of New Energy of Shidashanneng, the School of Ocean and Space Information, the School of Control Science and Engineering, Qingdao Software College, the School of Computer Science and Technology, the School of Science, the School of Economics and Management, the School of Foreign Languages, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Marxism, and the Department of Physical Education, as well as the Huicui College, the School of International Education, the School of Distance Education, and the School of Continuing Education.

The disciplines and majors cover all areas of the petroleum and petrochemical industry, and the overall level of the main petroleum disciplines is in the leading position in China. There are 14 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 3 second-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 9 interdisciplinary disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 2 doctoral professional degree authorization categories, 33 first-level disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees, 1 second-level discipline authorized to confer master's degrees, 15 master's professional degree authorization categories, 61 undergraduate enrollment majors, and 11 postdoctoral mobile stations. It has five national key disciplines, including mineral survey and exploration, oil and gas well engineering, oil and gas field development engineering, chemical technology, and oil and gas storage and transportation engineering, as well as two national key (cultivation) disciplines, including earth exploration and information technology, and industrial catalysis. Seven disciplines, including engineering, chemistry, materials science, earth science, computer science, environment and ecology, and general social sciences, have entered the top 1% of the ESI global discipline rankings, among which engineering has entered the top 1‰ of the ESI global discipline rankings. Two first-level disciplines, including petroleum and natural gas engineering and geological resources and geological engineering, have been selected into the national "double first-class" construction plan. Six first-level disciplines, including petroleum and natural gas engineering, geological resources and geological engineering, safety science and engineering, geology, chemical engineering and technology, and geophysics, have entered the top ten in the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education.

The school has a complete education system and a reasonable structure of various education levels. There are nearly 18,900 full-time undergraduates, more than 9,400 graduate students, and more than 970 international students. Since its establishment, the school has always adhered to talent training as its fundamental task, focused on building a talent training quality brand, and won a wide social reputation. A large number of outstanding talents have emerged from the alumni, including 30 academicians of the two academies and a large number of leading figures and engineering and technical backbones in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. Since the country implemented the two-way employment policy for graduates, the employment rate of graduates has remained above 90% for 27 consecutive years. In 2004, it was awarded the honorary title of "National Advanced Employment Unit" by the State Council. In 2011, it was selected as one of the 50 universities with typical experience in graduate employment in the country. In 2019, it was selected as a "National Demonstration Base for the Training of Innovative Talents".

The school has a high-quality teaching team with noble professional ethics, superb business, reasonable structure and vitality. There are more than 1,700 teachers, including more than 1,100 professors and associate professors, and 329 doctoral supervisors. There are 8 academicians of the two academies (including dual appointments), 6 national "Ten Thousand Talents Program" science and technology innovation leaders, 3 Yangtze River Scholars, 6 National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund winners, 1 "973 Program" project chief scientist, 13 national "Million Talents Project" selected people; 6 young and middle-aged science and technology innovation leaders, 5 Yangtze River Scholars, 6 National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund winners, 22 "New Century Outstanding Talents Support Program" selected people, 4 China Youth Science and Technology Award winners, Ministry of Education College Young Teacher Award, Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Young Teacher Fund and Young Teacher Award winners; 5 Taishan Scholars Climbing Program experts, 15 Taishan Scholars Distinguished Experts, 25 Taishan Scholars Young Experts; 18 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in Shandong Province; 15 Shandong Province Natural Science Outstanding Young Scientists Fund winners. There are 2 national "Ten Thousand Talents Program" teaching masters, 1 national teaching master award winner, 14 provincial teaching masters, 4 national model teachers, and 2 national outstanding teachers. There are 1 National Natural Science Foundation Innovation Research Group, 3 Ministry of Education Innovation Teams, 2 Shandong Province Excellent Innovation Teams, and 1 Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Talent Team; 2 National Huang Danian-style Teacher Teams, 3 National Teaching Teams, 2 Shandong Province Huang Danian-style Teacher Teams, and 11 Shandong Province Teaching Teams.

The school is an important base for scientific research in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. It has strong strengths in basic theoretical research and applied research, and is at the leading domestic and international advanced levels in more than 10 research fields. There are 34 national and provincial scientific research platforms, including the National Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil, the National Engineering Research Center for Marine Geophysical Exploration and Exploration and Development Equipment, the Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development of the Ministry of Education, the Engineering Research Center for Oil and Gas Processing New Technologies of the Ministry of Education, and the Engineering Research Center for New Equipment and Technology of Petroleum and Petrochemicals of the Ministry of Education.

The school adheres to open education, continuously expands the field of social services and development space, and has signed comprehensive cooperation agreements with more than 60 local governments and large enterprises and institutions in China. The school attaches great importance to international exchanges and cooperation, and has established substantive cooperation and exchange relations with more than 200 colleges and universities and academic institutions in 45 countries and regions including the United States, France, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Russia. More than 100 famous experts and celebrities have been hired as part-time professors, honorary professors, and visiting professors of our school. In recent years, international cooperation and exchange projects have gradually increased, showing good development prospects.

In the nearly 70 years since its establishment, the school has formed a distinctive school-running feature, and its school-running strength and level have been continuously improved. In the new historical period, the school adheres to characteristic development, connotation development, and high-quality development, and is striving towards the goal of "a world-class university with distinctive characteristics in the field of energy".

(Statistics as of April 2022)