China University of Petroleum
(East China)

中国石油大学 (华东)
Other name	Shí Dà Huádōng (石大华东)
Former names	Beijing Petroleum Institute Huadong Petroleum Institute University of Petroleum
Motto	惟真惟实
Type	Public university
Established	1953; 72 years ago (1953)
Academic affiliations	Project 211
Chairman	Yong Wang
President	Fang Hao
Location	Qingdao andDongying , China, P.R.
Website	www.upc.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国石油大学 (华东)
Traditional Chinese	中國石油大學 (華東)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Shíyóu Dàxué (Huádōng)

TheChina University of Petroleum (East China) is a national public university located inQingdao,Shandong, China. It is affiliated with theMinistry of Education, and is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, five major state energy corporations, and the Province of Shandong. The university is part ofProject 211 and theDouble First-Class Construction.^[1][2]

TheChina University of Petroleum (Beijing) is a national public university located inBeijing, China. It is affiliated with and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.^[3][4]

Since 2005, the two institutions became two separatelegal entities with different constitutions and administrative boards.^[1][2][3][4]

The university, founded in 1953, was known then asBeijing Petroleum Institute. It was founded acquiring the best petroleum associated departments in the country:

• Petroleum research groups in Department of Geology, Department of Mining and Department of Chemical Engineering fromTsinghua University
• Petroleum research groups in four departments of Peiyang University (nowTianjin University)
• Part of Department of Chemical Engineering fromPeking University
• Part of Department of Mathematics from Yanching University (now merged into Peking University)
• Some students and faculty from fluid fuel research group in Department of Chemical Engineering from Dalian Institute of Technology (nowDalian University of Technology)
• Some students and faculty in Department of Mining and Department of Chemical Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical Institute (now theNorthwestern Polytechnical University)

It moved toDongying,Shandong Province in 1969, with name changed to Huadong Petroleum Institute. In 1988, it was renamed The University of Petroleum consisting of one part inDongying as the college and one inBeijing as the graduate school. Each gradually developed into universities with both undergraduate and graduate students. In January 2005, its name changed to China University of Petroleum. In 2004, China University of Petroleum (Huadong) began to move toQingdao, and completed the relocation in 2012. The Dongying campus currently serves as the base for continuing education, remote education, research laboratories, and industry collaboration.

China University of Petroleum specializes in upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum science and engineering, in the overall level of domestic lead. Its fivenational key disciplines (second-level) are:

• Chemical Engineering and Technology
• Mineral Resources Prospecting and Exploration
• Oil and Gas Well Engineering
• Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering
• Oil and Gas Field Development Engineering

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  North gate of China University of Petroleum, Beijing
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  Campus aerial view

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  The Qingdao Campus is located in the street of Changjiang Road, Huangdao District.
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  The China University of Petroleum (East China) logo sculpture ‘Creating the Sun’, there are two of them, the sculpture shown in this picture is located in Huangdao Campus.

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