Founded in 1930, the school has gone through the historical stages of Shandong Provincial Second Rural Normal School, Jiaodong Public School, Laiyang Normal School, Laiyang Normal College, Yantai Teachers' College, Yantai Teachers' Training School and Yantai Normal College.

200 1 Shandong jiaotong school (Yantai) (founded on 1978) merged. In 2006, the school was renamed ludong university. In 2007, the undergraduate teaching level of the school was rated as "excellent" by the Ministry of Education. Teachers College was formally established, located in Penglai Campus.

School-running philosophy:

The goal of the school is to educate people in an all-round way with distinctive features and stable quality. The working principle is: inherit the tradition, be down-to-earth, strive for the upper reaches and pursue Excellence. In view of the needs of the construction of "two teams" at this stage. Have the same roots and the same thoughts, be honest and clean, be honest with others, be strict with yourself, dare to undertake, pay attention to implementation and expand innovation. The requirements for teachers are: full of love, loyal to the cause; Study hard and learn to be a teacher; Lead by example and behave yourself.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-ludong university.