Qingdao University, referred to as QDU, is a key comprehensive university jointly established by Shandong Province and Qingdao Municipal People's Government. It is the first batch of "Excellent Doctoral Education Training Program" universities of the Ministry of Education, "Excellent Engineer Program" universities, the first batch of key comprehensive universities in Shandong Province, and the first batch of famous schools in Shandong Province to train applied basic talents. It has a national college student cultural quality education base and a national Chinese language education base.

The history of Qingdao University can be traced back to 1909. 1993, the former Qingdao University, Qingdao Medical College, Shandong Textile Vocational and Technical College and Qingdao Normal College merged to form a new Qingdao University.

Shandong Agricultural University, located in Tai 'an City, Shandong Province, is a key university in Shandong Province with a history of one hundred years. Its predecessor was Shandong Higher Agricultural School, which was founded in Jinan in 1906 (thirty-two years of Guangxu reign). 1983 In September, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Shandong Agricultural College was renamed Shandong Agricultural University.

Shandong Agricultural University is a comprehensive university jointly established by the people of China, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Forestry Administration and the Shandong Provincial Government. It is one of the first five application-oriented universities in Shandong Province. The school is the first batch of units approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee with the right to award doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees, and the first batch of national agricultural and forestry talents education and training program reform pilot universities.

Qingdao University ranks a little ahead of Shandong Agricultural University.