Being big but not strong is the biggest problem of Shandong University. Shandong Polytechnic University and Shandong Medical University, which merged in Shandong, are both very strong, but after the merger, there is no characteristic major, and literature and history are declining. Only mathematics, materials, archaeology and other majors.

Although Shandong University, together with most 985 engineering universities, entered the list of first-class universities to build A-level universities, it was completely defeated in the competition for the number of "first-class discipline construction" that people in the industry valued more. The number of first-class disciplines is not only directly related to how much discipline construction funds can be obtained from the state, but also basically reflects the position of this university in the domestic higher education industry.

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As of August, 20 18, Shandong University has a total area of more than 8,000 mu (including about 3,000 mu in Qingdao campus), forming a school-running pattern of eight campuses in one school and three places (Jinan, Weihai and Qingdao). There are 55 teaching departments, 4 affiliated hospitals and 3 non-affiliated hospitals, 1 1 teaching practice hospital.

There are 44 first-class doctoral programs, 55 first-class master programs, 3 professional doctoral programs, 27 professional master programs, 7 undergraduate programs11,and 4 postdoctoral research stations1. There are 7,493 on-the-job faculty members (excluding affiliated hospitals); There are 40,789 full-time undergraduates, graduate students 188 16, and international students 379 1 person.