Founded in 1984, Yantai University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the metropolis of Yantai (population range of over 5,000,000 inhabitants), Shandong. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Department of Education, Shandong Province, Yantai University (YTU) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 20,000-24,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Yantai University (YTU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 35 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on students' past academic record and grades. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment.
Yantai University is located in the "Best Charming City in China" -Yantai, facing the Yellow Sea in the east, Qingshan in the west, beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. It is the coastal university with the longest coastline in the country and the closest to the sea in China. .
Yantai University was founded in 1984 by Peking University and Tsinghua University.
1995: The school passed the undergraduate teaching qualification evaluation of the former State Education Commission.
1998: Granted the right to grant a master's degree.
2004: Outstanding in the evaluation of the undergraduate teaching work level of the Ministry of Education.
2007: General higher education trains military cadres to rely on training units.
2011: Selected as the outstanding engineer education training plan of the Ministry of Education. In 2012, he was selected as one of the first training bases for outstanding legal talents in China.
2012: Approved to serve the national special needs doctoral personnel training program.
2013: The first batch of project construction units of famous schools in Shandong Province.
The school covers an area of 1.4 million square meters, with a construction area of 935,000 square meters. The total value of teaching equipment is 317 million yuan. The total area of the library is 43,800 square meters. It has a collection of more than 1.58 million printed books, more than 240,000 volumes of newspapers and periodicals, and more than 2,200 printed Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals. Introduced more than 1.74 million electronic books, 31,000 electronic journals, and nearly 100 Chinese and foreign databases. With more than 30,000 students, it is a comprehensive university full of youth and vitality. The school has 57 undergraduate majors covering 10 disciplines including arts, science, engineering, law, agriculture, medicine, economic management, education, and art.
The school attaches importance to the development of international academic exchanges and friendly exchanges, and has established friendly and cooperative relations with 97 colleges and academic institutions in 32 countries and regions. There are 1 Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school running in cooperation with Norway, 2 Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run undergraduate programs in cooperation with Korean and American universities, 6 countries with the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea and Taiwan 22 friendly colleges carry out inter-school student exchange programs. As one of the first universities in the country to receive foreign students and invite foreign experts in culture and education, the number of international students on campus has been continuously expanding, and the Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship for International Students has been set up. There are test centers for Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK), Korean Proficiency Test (TOPIK), and Cambridge Business English Proficiency Test (BEC).
