Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST) offers multidisciplinary education in engineering, sciences, management, literature, law, economics and education with unique engineering characteristics. It is one of the five featured key construction universities of Shandong Province for cultivating personnel with practical abilities.

There are nine centers for  post-doctoral studies, eight first-tier disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees with 43 doctoral programs; 24 first-tier disciplines to confer master’s degrees with 127 master’s programs; six master’s degree domains including 19 professional master’s degree authorization, and 78 undergraduate programs in the university. The University boasts one state key discipline (under construction), one state key lab base co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Education, one state-local joint engineering center and 61 ministerial/provincial key disciplines (labs, engineering centers) including one key laboratory and one engineering research center invested by the Ministry of Education, three key disciplines, four key laboratories, two engineering labs and three engineering/technology research centers designated by Qingdao City. 

SDUST currently enrolls over 39,700 full-time students, including more than 6,300 master and doctoral candidates. The enrollments of its independent college and adult education college are over 8,100 and 30,000 respectively.