China Youshi University (Beijing), China Shiyou University for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a national "double first-class" construction university, the first batch of "2 1 1 project" construction universities, and the Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance.

Member universities of the World Energy University Alliance have been selected into the 985 Engineering Superiority Discipline Innovation Platform, "11Plan", the education and training plan for outstanding engineers, the public postgraduate program of national high-level universities, the new engineering research and practice project, and the scholarship receiving institution of the China Municipal Government for overseas students in China.

The school's predecessor was Beijing Petroleum Institute, and 1953 was founded on the basis of Tsinghua University Petroleum Department, which gathered some teachers from Tianjin University, Peking University and other universities. 1960, the school was identified as a national key university; 1969, the school moved to Shengli Oilfield in Dongying, Shandong Province, and was renamed East China Petroleum Institute; 1988 changed its name to petroleum university.

It is composed of Petroleum University (Beijing) and Petroleum University (East China). In February 2000, the school was placed under the management of the Ministry of Education by China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corporation, and it was made clear that the University of Petroleum (Beijing) and the University of Petroleum (East China) were relatively independent; In June 2005, the school was renamed.

In May 2023, official website showed that the school had two campuses (Beijing and Karamay). Beijing Campus is located at the southern foot of Du Jun Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, with a total campus area of more than 700 mu. Karamay Campus is located in Karamay City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a campus area of more than 7,000 mu. Jurisdiction 17 secondary colleges (departments), 2 state key laboratories and 47 majors.

Faculty 1806; There are more than 5,000 full-time undergraduates/kloc-0 (including more than 6,000 in the school), more than 7 graduate students100, more than 2,000 doctoral students, and more than 600 international students with academic qualifications.