Qufu Normal University was founded in 1955 as Shandong Normal University. 198 1 The school was established as one of the six key universities by the Shandong Provincial People's Government. 1985165438+1October, the school was renamed as Qufu Normal University. 20 12 was selected as a famous school for cultivating applied talents in Shandong province.

By September of 20 13, the school had two campuses, Qufu and Rizhao, covering an area of 260 1.0 1 mu, with a building area of 1.075 million square meters and total assets of1.31.200 million yuan. The school has 27 teaching institutions, 83 undergraduate majors, 5 postdoctoral mobile stations, 5 first-level discipline authorization points for doctoral degrees and 22 first-level discipline authorization points for master's degrees. By the end of 20 12, the school had 33,630 full-time students, including 30,207 undergraduates, 3,423 doctoral and master students, and more than 4,000 adult students/kloc-0.