Shandong University of Technology

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 http://www.sdut.edu.cn/

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 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 the current name.

Campus

SDUT encompasses two campus, called West and East campus respectively, that are both located in Zhangdian District of Zibo city. Together, they cover an area of approximately 2.4 million square meters, with a building area of 1.3 million square meters. Campus features 268 lecture halls with multi-media facilities, and 21 laboratories.

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

Students

There are 32,200 full-time undergraduate, and 2,600 postgraduate students enrolled at SDUT. Undergraduate students can elect to read 21 different subjects, covering 9 categories: engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, history, pedagogy and art..

Masters' students have the choice of 14 subjects for engineering, 5 fsubjects in agricultural extension, as well as the subjects for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Finance (MF).

Coordinates: 36°40′36″N 117°10′45″E / 36.67667°N 117.17917°E / 36.67667; 117.17917

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