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. It is a national first-class university and a world-class discipline construction university supported by Hebei Province.

He was selected as a member of "National College Students' Innovation Experimental Plan", a national model university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and an institution of China government to receive scholarships for international students in China. He is a member of Beijing Hi-Tech University Alliance, CDIO Engineering Education Alliance and "Belt and Road" Aerospace Innovation Alliance.

As of June 2022, the school covers an area of 4,000 mu, with a building area of 6,543,800+0,600 square meters. The school has a graduate school and a college directly under 18.

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As of June 2022, the school has a graduate school and 18 directly affiliated colleges, offering 68 undergraduate majors, mainly in engineering, covering 8 disciplines such as literature, science, economics, management, law, art and education.

As of June, 2022, the school has 3,200 faculty members, including 2,200 full-time teachers, including 509 professors and 678 associate professors. Teachers include 376 doctoral supervisors. There are 3 academicians of China Academy of Sciences, members of the State Council Discipline Appraisal Group 1, 6 winners of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program" and 26 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.