The top three majors in Yantai University are law, intellectual property and pharmaceutical engineering.

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National specialties (4): law, applied physics, pharmacy, electronic information science and technology.

National first-class undergraduate specialty construction sites (15): law, biological science, electronic information science and technology, software engineering, mathematics and applied mathematics, mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, computer science and technology, civil engineering, chemical engineering and technology, architecture, pharmacy, intellectual property, bioengineering, English, vehicle engineering.

Provincial Brand and Characteristic Major (12): Electronic Information Science and Technology, Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Technology, International Economy and Trade, Mechanical Design and Manufacture and Automation, Civil Engineering, Architecture, etc.