China Petroleum University is the national key universities directly under the Ministry of Education, the national "211 Project" focused on the construction of colleges and universities, graduate school is built of one of 56 colleges and universities, but also support the implementation of key national "innovation platform edge disciplines," the construction of colleges and universities. China Petroleum University (East China) is the Ministry of Education and the four major petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group (China National Petroleum Corporation, China Petrochemical Corporation, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China's Sinochem Corporation), Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Shandong Province, a total of colleges and universities built. Schools in the school in 1953, Beijing Petroleum Institute said, the relocation of Shandong in 1969, renamed the East China Petroleum Institute. In 1988, the school changed its name to University of Petroleum, and gradually form Shandong, Beijing pattern of the two schools. In January 2005, the school changed its name to the China Petroleum University.
     China Petroleum University (East China), Dongying existing, Qingdao two campuses, the campus a total area of 300 hectares, construction area of 10,000 square meters more than 110, the library collection total 3,780,000 (including E-book). Graduate schools built, there are resources and information on the Earth Institute, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information and Control Engineering, Logistics and Construction Institute, College of Computer and Communication Engineering, School of Economics and Management, Mathematics and Computing Science Institute, Institute of Physics Science and Technology, Foreign Languages Institute, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Physical Education, Institute of Applied Technology College Teaching 14 (the Department), as well as the Reserve Officers Academy, Institute of Distance and Continuing Education and Training College. Full-time undergraduate students in school more than 2, more than 3,800 graduate students, 200 students, correspondence networks in 58,000 person membership of Health. 1509 the existing full-time school teachers, including professors, associate professors 736. 5 academicians, PhD students and 116 instructors, 623 graduate students who tutor. Full-time faculty teaching in state-level 1 teacher, teaching teachers in Shandong Province 8 appeared in the "national talent百千万Project" 3, "Taishan Scholars" 5 people, 1 person was the Ministry of Education Award for Young Teachers College, 9 were selected " New Century Excellent Talents Support Program ", 3 were rated as" National Excellent Teacher ", 2 Young Teachers Award by the Henry Fok Ying-tung, 4 who appeared in the" Shandong Province, the middle-aged and young experts with outstanding contributions. " Schools have now established a team of academic leaders, academic leaders back-up, the backbone of middle-aged and young teachers, professors and academic responsibility of the academic echelon advisers.

     China Petroleum University (East China) is the petroleum, petrochemical high-level of an important base for training, known as "the cradle of petroleum science and technology talent." After half a century of construction and development, there is now a school-based workers, the coordinated development of multi-disciplinary university. State schools are five key disciplines, 2 national key (to cultivate) subjects, four post-doctoral mobile stations, four doctorate-level disciplines authorized, 32 doctoral, 99 master points, 15 authorized the field of Engineering, 54 undergraduate professional, professional disciplines covering oil and petrochemical industry in various fields, oil is the backbone of the overall level of discipline the domestic leading position. Comprehensive system of school education to undergraduate education, a reasonable structure of various educational levels. Graduate employment rate for 13 consecutive years, maintaining over 90% in 2004, awarded by the State Council, "National Employment advanced unit" honorary title. School year, for the petroleum and petrochemical industry and the national construction of various types of transmission of the 150,000 graduates, the emergence of a Wu Yi, Zhou Yongkang, a large number of distinguished alumni, etc., out of more than 10 academicians, but also the emergence of a " Iron Man in the new period, "Wang Qimin," a model for contemporary youth, "Qin Wengui," a model of petroleum science and technology ", such as Su-known national hero characters.

     China Petroleum University (East China) is the oil and petrochemical industry as an important base for scientific research. With good conditions and a solid research and extensive market research in basic theoretical research, applied research has a strong power, has been initially set up our school system characteristics of the scientific and technological innovation in the field of more than 10 leading domestic home level, and some reached the international advanced level. Place in more than 200 million yuan for scientific research. Heavy oil currently used in schools State Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology Ministry of Oil and Gas Engineering Research Center, petroleum and petrochemical equipment and technology the new Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education and other national and 28 provincial and ministerial key laboratories and research institutions. Schools attach importance to the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, our school major backbone enterprises in Shandong Stone Technology Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Stone over China Chemical Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprises, the petroleum and petrochemical industry is an important test of the scientific research and industrial testing base.

     The school insisted on opening up schools, expanding external ties, attaches great importance to international exchanges and cooperation with more than 10 countries and regions, more than 60 colleges and universities and academic institutions have established cooperation and exchange relations. Every year, the contractor of high-level international academic conferences. Hired a hundred well-known experts and celebrities for my school part-time professor, honorary professor and visiting professor. In recent years, international cooperation in running the project a gradual increase, showing a good development prospects.

     School 56 years ago, the school formed a distinctive feature of the school, school level of strength and continuously improve the school. In the new historical period, the school developed a new development plan. The school's medium-term development goals is that by 2020, built up a well-known oil-disciplinary high level of world-class research university.