Shandong University of Technology, referred to as "SDUT" for short, is a university jointly established by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Shandong Province and Zibo City, and it is a multidisciplinary university in Shandong Province, which focuses on science and engineering. The motto of the school is: be virtuous, knowledgeable and do your best.

Among the four words of school motto, "virtue" highlights the educational concept of moral education; "erudition" is the goal of learning and learning; "Du Xing" emphasizes the importance of practice and the unity of knowing and doing; "Supreme goodness" is the perfect state of harmonious unity of personality and knowledge, and it is also the highest ideal that education can achieve.

School motto has always been a valuable value heritage and spiritual wealth of a school, and it is a concentrated expression of the spirit of a school.