Shandong University

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	Jinan, Weihai and Qingdao, Shandong, 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
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shāndōng Dàxué

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).^[4] Tengchow College was the first modern institution of higher learning in China.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]

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.

^ "Motto of Shandong University (山东大学校训)" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
^ "SDU Holds Launching Ceremony of 2013 Overseas Study Programs". Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference vigor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ""Shantung Christian University" - from: "Hallowed halls: Protestant colleges in old China" by Tess Johnston, Deke Erh, Martha Smalley, and Tung-Chung Yee, Old China Hand Press, Hong Kong, 1998".
^ "山东大学历史沿革".
^ The first one is Peking University in the capital city Beijing
^ "History" (in Chinese). Shandong University. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

[mottocn-1] "Motto of Shandong University (山东大学校训)" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2014.

[mottoen-2] "SDU Holds Launching Ceremony of 2013 Overseas Study Programs". Archived from the original on November 22, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.

[vigor-3] Cite error: The named reference vigor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[hallowedhalls1998-4] ""Shantung Christian University" - from: "Hallowed halls: Protestant colleges in old China" by Tess Johnston, Deke Erh, Martha Smalley, and Tung-Chung Yee, Old China Hand Press, Hong Kong, 1998".

[5] "山东大学历史沿革".

[6] The first one is Peking University in the capital city Beijing

[sduhist-7] "History" (in Chinese). Shandong University. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010.

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