Shandong University of Science and Technology was founded in 195 1 and runs schools in Qingdao, Tai 'an and Jinan. By March of 20 15, the school had a total area of 2.43 million square meters (more than 3,640 mu), a building area of10.42 million square meters, and 19 colleges with total fixed assets of 65,438. It is one of the five key universities in Shandong Province to train applied basic talents, and it is also a university that implements the national "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" and "College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Plan Project".