According to the national university information released by the Ministry of Education, shandong institute of commerce and technology is a state-owned university. The competent department is Shandong Province, located in Jinan. Generally speaking, public universities have high social recognition and low fees, while private universities have low social recognition and high fees.

Shandong institute of commerce and technology (Business Vocational and Technical College) is a provincial vocational college approved by the Ministry of Education. The school is the construction unit of China characteristic high-level vocational college, national demonstrative vocational college, national high-quality college and national skilled personnel training and construction pilot college.

Schools can be traced back to Jinan Private Huilu Industrial and Commercial Vocational School 1936 and Qingdao Private Commercial Vocational School 1945. It has experienced the school-running period of Shandong Supply and Marketing Cooperative Cadre School, Veterinary College of Ministry of Commerce, Technical Secondary School of Shandong University of Finance and Economics, and Shandong Commercial School (Shandong University of Commercial Workers).

As of May, 2022, the school has the Employment and Entrepreneurship Research Institute of Shandong University, including National Engineering and Technology Research Center 1, National Collaborative Innovation Center 2, Shandong Technical Laboratory 1, and Shandong University Applied Technology Quality Collaborative Innovation Center 1.

There are 1 research platform for humanities and social sciences in Shandong universities, 2 engineering technology research centers in Shandong universities and 2 engineering technology research centers in Jinan.

School honor:

As of May 2022, the school has successively won the honorary titles of national advanced vocational education unit, provincial advanced education unit, Shandong Moral Education Demonstration University and the first batch of entrepreneurial education demonstration schools for college students in the province, and has been rated as a provincial civilized unit for ten consecutive years.

In 2005, the school was rated as "National Advanced Vocational Education Unit". In 2009, the school was identified by the Ministry of Education as "the national advanced collective for employment of college graduates".