Yanshan University, located in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, is a national key university approved by the People's Government of Hebei Province, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. He is a member of Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, a national first-class university supported by Hebei Province and a world-class discipline construction university, and was selected as a national postgraduate project to build a high-level university.

National "Key Discipline Project with Characteristics" to build colleges and universities, outstanding engineer education and training plan, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, national demonstration colleges for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and China government scholarship for overseas students.

The school originated from Harbin Institute of Technology and was founded in 1920. From 65438 to 0958, the heavy machinery and related majors of Harbin Institute of Technology moved to Fulaerji District, Qiqihar City, an important industrial town, and established the Institute of Heavy Machinery of Harbin Institute of Technology. 1960 Independent School, named Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute, became a university directly under the former Ministry of Machinery Industry.

1978 was identified as a national key institution of higher learning. From 1985 to 1997, the whole school moved to Qinhuangdao. 1997 was renamed Yanshan university with the approval of the former state education commission. 1998 was transferred to Hebei Province by the former Ministry of Machinery Industry, which was jointly built by the central and local governments and mainly managed by Hebei Province. In 2000, Hebei Light Industry Management School was merged into Yanshan University.

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As of July, 2020, Yanshan University 13 major was selected as a national first-class undergraduate major construction site, and 13 engineering major passed the professional certification of engineering education. There are 5 national specialties and 6 provincial specialties.

Yanshan University has 2 national excellent courses, 32 provincial excellent courses and 3 school-level excellent courses/kloc-0. There are 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers and 7 experimental teaching demonstration centers in Hebei Province.