Shandong University of Technology

Not to be confused with the defunct Shandong University of Technology (山东工业大学) in Jinan, now part of Shandong University..

Shandong University of Technology

山东理工大学
Type	Public
Established	1956
Academic staff	1.800
Students	35.000
Location	Zibo , Shandong , China
Website	www.sdut.edu.cn

The Shandong University of Technology (SDUT; simplified Chinese: 山东理工大学; traditional Chinese: 山東理工大學; pinyin: Shāndōng Lǐgōng Dàxué) is a university located in Zibo, Shandong, China. The university was founded in 1956 and has a focus on engineering sciences.

History

The school was founded as the Shandong Institute of Technology (山东工程学院) in June 1956. During the Cultural Revolution, it was one of only 13 undergraduate institutions of higher learning in Shandong. It expanded into a wider institution of polytechnic learning in 1990. Finally in 2001, it merged with several other colleges into a full university under its current name.

Campus

SDUT occupies two campuses, both located in the Zhangdian District of Zibo. Together, they cover an area of approximately 2.4 million square meters, with a building area of 1.3 million square meters. The campus features 268 lecture halls with multi-media facilities and 21 laboratories.

The headquarters for the Shandong Research Institute of Engineering and Technology is also located on the SDUT campus.

Students

There are 32,200 full-time undergraduate students and 2,600 postgraduate students enrolled at SDUT. Undergraduate students can elect to study 21 different subjects spanning nine categories: engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, history, pedagogy, and art.

Masters' students have the choice of 14 subjects for engineering, five subjects in agricultural extension, as well as the subjects for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Finance (MF).

External links

• Shandong University of Technology Official Website (in Chinese)
• Shandong University of Technology Official Website (in English)