Qingdao University of Technology (QUT; ), formerly known as Qingdao Technological University, is a

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Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

, China. It offers programs in

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Location

Qingdao Technological University has its main campus located in the

Sifang District Sifang () is a former district at the core of Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long ...

and has two satellite campuses in

Huangdao District Huangdao District () and West Coast New Area (), is a district and a state-level new area of Qingdao, Shandong, China, located south-west and west of the main urban area of the city on the western shore of Jiaozhou Bay. It was identical to ...

west of

Jiaozhou Bay Jiaozhou Bay (; ; ) is a bay located in the prefecture-level city of Qingdao (Tsingtau), Shandong Province, China. The bay has historically been romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and Kiautschou in German. Geography ...

and

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. Altogether, the university covers an area of 1,779,400 square meters and a floor space of 989,000 square meters.

History

The university was founded in 1953 as the Qingdao Institute of Architecture. In 1960 it was renamed into Shandong Metallurgy College. During the decades that followed it developed into a large and all-encompassing university and was placed under the administration of the Provincial Education Department in 1998. In 2004, it was granted full University status.

Programs

QTech offers

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degrees in a variety of studies in

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Business management Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

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, and

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. The university organizes language courses and

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programs.

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include Mechanical Design and Theory, Structural Engineering, Soil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Heating, Gas Supplying Ventilation and Air-conditioning Engineering.

Administration

Faculties

*Architecture *Arts *Automation Engineering *Automobile and Traffic *Business *Civil Engineering *Communication and Electrical *Computer Engineering *Economics and Trade *Environmental and Municipal Engineering *Foreign Languages *Humanities and Social Science *Management *Mechanical Engineering *Sciences *P.E. Education and Science *College of Adult Education *Higher Vocational Technical Education

International cooperation

Universities that have an partnership agreement with the Qingdao Technological University include:Official website
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Affiliated schools

Qindao College of Qingdao Technological University () is an independent college founded by the QTech in 2004. It is in Chengyang district of Qingdao, adjacent to

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. The campus encompasses 700.000 square meters with a floor are of 519.000 square meters. The college hosts eight faculties that offer

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s as well as Bachelor studies. More than 16.700 students attend the college (+ more than 300 foreign students per year).

Faculties

*School of Civil Engineering *School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering *School of Computer Sciences *School of Accounting *School of Economics and Trade *School of Architecture *School of Arts *School of Foreign Languages (English, German, French, Business English)

References

External links

Qingdao Technological University Official Website

Qindao College of Qingdao Technological University Official Website
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