Shanda College of Economics and Economic Research Institute are two parallel colleges, both of which recruit graduate students, and there is no difference.

Universities directly under the Ministry of Education and universities directly under the central government, Shandong University (SDU), were ranked as "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project", and successively selected as "201Plan", "Everest Plan" and "165433".

Shandong University is the earliest modern higher education university in China. Its main body is Shandong University Hall founded by 190 1; Its medical discipline originated from 1864, which opened modern higher medical education in China. The school has experienced several historical development periods, such as Shandong University Hall, National Qingdao University, National Shandong University, Shandong University and the new Shandong University formed by the merger of former Shandong University, Shandong Medical University and Shandong Polytechnic University.