Shandong University
山东大学 | |||||||
Official Seal of Shandong University | |||||||
Former names | Shandong Imperial University (Chinese: 山东大学堂; pinyin: Shāndōng Dàxué Táng) Shandong Provincial University National Shandong University (simplified Chinese: 国立山东大学; traditional Chinese: 國立山東大學; pinyin: Guólì Shāndōng Dàxué) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motto | 学无止境 气有浩然 | ||||||
Motto in English | Noble in Spirit, Boundless in Knowledge | ||||||
| Type | National university | ||||||
| Established | 1733. Reformed as university in 1901. | ||||||
| Affiliation | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China | ||||||
Officer in charge | Guo Xinli (郭新立) | ||||||
| President | Li Shucai (李术才) | ||||||
| Vice-president | 韩圣浩, 芦延华, 刘建亚, 吴臻, 易凡 | ||||||
Academic staff | 4,600 (in 2021) | ||||||
Administrative staff | 7,898 | ||||||
| Students | 67,122 (in 2021) | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 41,565 | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 25,557 (in 2021) | ||||||
| Location | , , China 36°40′25″N 117°3′14″E / 36.67361°N 117.05389°E (central campus) | ||||||
| Campus | Jinan (6), Weihai (1), Qingdao(1） | ||||||
| Colors | |||||||
| Nickname | Shanda (Chinese: 山大; pinyin: Shāndà) | ||||||
| Website | 山东大学 (in Chinese) Shandong University (in English) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 山东大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 山東大學 | ||||||
| |||||||
Shandong University (山东大学; SDU) is a public university in Jinan, Shandong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
The oldest of Shandong University's precursor institutions, Cheeloo University, was founded by American and English mission agencies in the late 19th century (as Tengchow College of Liberal Arts in Penglai). Tengchow College was the first modern institution of higher learning in China. Shandong University derives its official founding date from the Imperial Shandong University established in Jinan in November 1901 as the second modern national university in the country.
Shandong University has eight campuses, all but two of which are located in the provincial capital city of Jinan. The newest of these campuses is located to the northeast of the port city of Qingdao.