Official website shows that there are four 985 universities in Shandong Province, namely Shandong University, China Ocean University, Shandong University (Weihai) and Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai).

Shandong University, located in Jinan City, Shandong Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is directly in charge of the central government and established at the deputy ministerial level. It ranks among the national "double-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project".

China Ocean University (OUC), located in Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking among the national "Double First Class", "985 Project" and "21/Project".

Shandong University (Weihai), founded in 1984, is located in the beautiful coastal city of Weihai. It is a multidisciplinary, open and comprehensive national key university campus jointly established by Shandong University and Weihai Municipal People's Government, and ranks among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "21/project".

Harbin Institute of Technology, referred to as "Harbin Institute of Technology" for short, is a key university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, ranking as "Double First Class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project".