Established in 1951, the school is a well-known university with outstanding engineering advantages and distinctive industry characteristics. It is an application-based talent training school in Shandong Province, which is the key construction of Shandong Province with the mutual penetration and coordinated development of engineering, science of science, management, literature, law, economics, art and other disciplines. It is a University jointly built by the Shandong People's Government and the State Administration of Safety Supervision and Administration.

Running schools in Qingdao, Taian and Jinan covers an area of more than 3640 mu, with a construction area of 1.46 million square meters, a total asset value of more than 3.9 billion yuan, and a total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment of 680 million yuan. The school has 32 secondary teaching and research institutions and 1 independent college. There are 9 post-doctoral research mobile stations, 10 first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degree, 40 second-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degree, 26 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, 121 second-level disciplines authorized by master's degree and 10 professional degree categories authorized by master's degree. There are 85 undergraduate majors. There are 1 national key disciplines, 3 first-class disciplines established by Shandong Province, 1 self-financing first-class disciplines, 1 first-class disciplines cultivated and constructed, and 19 provincial and municipal key disciplines. Engineering disciplines rank among the top 1% of ESI in the world. There are one national key laboratory cultivation base, one national and local joint engineering research center, 66 provincial and ministerial laboratory (base) and engineering (technology) research centers in Qingdao.

There are more than 42400 full-time students, including 5900 graduate students. There are more than 3,000 faculty members, including 287 professors, 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 candidate for the National High-level Talents Special Support Program, 5 candidates for the National "1000-person Program", 3 recipients of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 1 specially appointed professor for the Yangtze River Scholars, 6 national candidates for the "Million of Talents Project", and 6 young and middle-aged colleges with outstanding contributions from the state. There are 7 members in the family, 56 persons enjoying special allowances from the State Council, 2 persons in "Taishan Scholars'Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Talents Team Leading Talents", 23 experts in Taishan Scholars' Climbing Plan, specially appointed experts and young experts, 22 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in Shandong Province, 12 famous teachers in teaching at provincial level, 2 innovative teams from the Ministry of Education and 2 innovative teams from universities in Shandong Province.

There are 7 national characteristic specialties, 1 national comprehensive reform pilot specialty, 18 provincial brand characteristic specialties, 1 national talent training model innovation experimental area, 2 provincial talent training model innovation experimental area, 3 national quality video open courses, 3 national quality resource sharing courses, 4 national quality courses, 58 provincial quality courses and 1 national teaching team. There are eight provincial teaching teams, three national experimental teaching demonstration centers, seven provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers and one national engineering practice education center.

In the past five years, the school has undertaken 349 national scientific research projects and 961 provincial and ministerial projects. He has won 252 awards for scientific research at or above the provincial and ministerial levels, including 3 second-class awards for national scientific and technological progress. 962 national invention patents have been authorized. The school science and technology park is the "National University Science and Technology Park" jointly recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education and the "University Students'Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Practice Base".

The school has established exchanges and cooperation with more than 120 universities and research institutes in 23 countries and regions. It has carried out more than 50 international scientific and technological cooperation projects, 5 Sino-foreign cooperative school-running projects, with more than 2000 students and more than 500 students from more than 40 countries and regions.

School motto: "Seeking truth and innovation", school spirit: "Unity, diligence, truth and innovation".