Qingdao City, Shandong Province. China Youshi University (East China), located in Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is one of the key universities under the national "2 1 1 Project" and has built the "985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform" and the graduate school. It is also a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, five major energy enterprise groups and the Shandong Provincial People's Government. The school originated from Beijing Petroleum Institute and was established in June 1952 1 1, which belongs to the Ministry of Fuel Industry. From 65438 to 0969, the school moved to Dongying, Shandong Province and was renamed East China Petroleum Institute. 1988, the school was renamed Petroleum University and started running schools in Shandong and Beijing. In 2000, it was directly under the Ministry of Education. In June 2005, the school was renamed China Youshi University. 20 18 12, China Youshi University (East China) was established with the approval of the Ministry of Education and the Shandong Provincial People's Government. 202 1 With the approval of the Ministry of Education, Dongying Campus was reorganized into Dongying Science and Education Park, and the main campus was reorganized into Qingdao.