China University of Petroleum

Overview

China University of Petroleum (UPC) is a national key university directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education and a member of the“211 Project”and“985 project innovation platform for well-established disciplines”universities. In 2017, it has been listed among the national plan of Double First-class Construction. It is co-constructed by Ministry of Education, five leading petroleum and petrochemical companies (CNPC, SINOPEC, CNOOC, CHINA SHENHUA and YANCHANG PETROLEUM) and Shandong Province. Honored as “the cradle of Petroleum talents”, UPC is an important base of high-level talents education for petroleum and petrochemical industry and has already developed into a multi-disciplinary and well-rounded university focusing on petroleum and engineering.

The university now has two campuses in Qingdao, which enjoys a high reputation as “the sailing city” and “city by the sea” with its charming scenery. Tangdao Bay, the main campus, is facing the Tangdao Bay and backed by the Little Pearl Hill with picturesque scenery. Dongying campus lies in Dongying, the central city on the Yellow River Delta and nationally known as "the city of oil". It is the old campus and now well served as the base of research and practice.

China University of Petroleum has 16 schools as well as Huicui College, College of International Education, College of Distance and Continuing Education. Focusing on undergraduate education, the university has established a complete education system, enrolling about 19000 undergraduates, 7000 postgraduates, 1100 overseas students and more than 70000 registered correspondence network students. It has a highly qualified faculty which ensures the quality of teaching and research. The university has 1700 full-time teachers, among which there are 1000 professors and associate professors, and 236 doctoral supervisors.

Since its establishment, UPC has produced a large number of personnel for the development of petroleum and petrochemical industry, including academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, government officials, leading figures and backbones in engineering technology.

After more than sixty years of development, China University of Petroleum has become an engineering-oriented university and characteristics of petroleum science and formed a system with various disciplines such as science, management, liberal arts, the science of law and economics.  With more determination and confidence, it is striving for the goal of  'to be a high-level research-oriented university with its petroleum discipline reaching the world-class level and all disciplines developed comprehensively.”

UPC at a Glance

Established: 1953

Location:

• Qingdao Campus: No 66, West Changjiang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao, Shandong Province
• Dongying Campus: No 739, Beiyi Road, Dongying District, Dongying, Shandong Province
• Motto: Being Sincere and True
• Values: Loving Students, Respecting Teachers, Worshipping Academics

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History

In 1950s, the national economic construction starved for oil resources and the country was in great need of professionals for petroleum industry. Under this circumstance, in 1953, with the Petroleum Engineering Department of Tsinghua University as its basis, as well as the petroleum-related faculties and facilities of other leading institutions such as Peking University, Tianjin University and Dalian Institute of Technology, Beijing Petroleum Institute was established and became the first institution for higher education of petroleum in China.

As a historical feature of the 1950s and 1960s, teachers and students of the Institute were present in the development of the oilfields in all parts of China from east Sichuan Province in the south to Daqing in the north. In the following ten years, the Institute turned out nearly ten thousand qualified personnel for the petroleum industry of New China. In 1960, the institute was ratified as a key institution by the State Council.

In 1969, Beijing Petroleum Institute was moved to Dongying in Shandong Province, the site of the Shengli Oilfield, and renamed East China Petroleum Institute. Here, despite the turbulent years, a new campus was constructed, and the higher education for the country’s petroleum industry was sustained.

In 1978, with the reform and opening up of China, the institute stepped into a new period of growth, and became a multidisciplinary educational institute with majors covering science, engineering, and management. In 1988, it was renamed as University of Petroleum.

At the beginning of the new century, with the approval by China’s Ministry of Education, a formal graduate school for masters and doctors administration was established which reflected the university’s emphasis on graduate education. A new campus was built beside the beautiful Tangdao Bay in Qingdao. In 2005, the university adopted its current name “China University of Petroleum”. It celebrated the 65th anniversary in October 4, 2018. Now, with the new beautiful campus and advanced facilities, the university has turned a new page for its evolution.

Key Disciplines

World First-rate Disciplines under construction:
Geological Resources and Geological Engineering, Oil and Natural Gas Engineering

State Key Disciplines
Mineral Survey and Exploration
   Oil and Gas Well Logging Engineering
   Oil and Gas Field Development Engineering
   Chemical Technology
   Oil and Gas Storage & Transportation Engineering
   Earth Detection and Information Technology (Nurturing)
   Industrial Catalysis (Nurturing)

Key Disciplines of Shandong Province

During the 11th Five-Year Plan(2006-2010):
Mineralogy, Petrology, Mineral Deposit Geology
Structural Geology
Earth Detection and Information Technology
Applied Chemistry
Mechatronic Engineering
Chemical Process Machinery
During the 12th Five-Year Plan(2011-2015):
Safety Science and Engineering
Enviromental Engineering
Mechanical Design and Theory
Engineering Mechanics
Physical Chemistry
Control Theory and Control Engineering
Computer Application Technology

Discipline Distribution to Faculties

Contact Us

• Address: No. 66, West Changjiang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao, China, 266580
• Email: netnews@upc.edu.cn
• International Cooperation: International Office Tel: 86-532-86981235
• Research Collaboration：Office of Science and Technology Tel: 86-532-86981829
• Study & Admission： College of International Education
• Recruitment:  Office of Human Resources
• Website：https://english.upc.edu.cn

Source:  english.upc.edu.cn (China University of Petroleum)