Since the establishment of the Institute, the Institute of Materials has been growing. In 20 16, the discipline of materials science and engineering was selected as the "first-class discipline in Shandong province", and the majors of polymer materials and engineering and composite materials and engineering became "high-level applied majors in Shandong province";
20 18 was awarded the new energy and new materials professional group of Shandong education service docking industry. A series of high-level scientific research platforms have been built: the State Key Laboratory of Bio-polysaccharide Fiber Forming and Eco-textile, 9 national and provincial key laboratories and engineering technology centers, including the national "11"plan.