Qingdao University is located in the famous historical and cultural city of Qingdao. The school originated from Qingdao College founded by 1909. Over the past 100 years, the school has always practiced the mission of "imparting profound knowledge and cultivating outstanding scholars and talents to meet the needs of the country". It has been passed down from generation to generation and made unremitting efforts to cultivate more than 300,000 talents of various types for the country and society, and a number of academic elites, pillars of governing the country and industry leaders have emerged, making important contributions to the economic and social development of the country and the region.

The school has 37 first-class master's degree programs and 23 master's degree types (covering 8 1 training field). There are 2 national key disciplines, 20 key disciplines in Shandong Province and 7 first-class disciplines in Shandong Province. Five disciplines of clinical medicine, engineering, chemistry, materials science and neuroscience and behavior have entered the top of ESI global ranking 1%, and the domestic ranking is 61; System science and textile science and engineering have entered the top ten national first-class disciplines of the Ministry of Education.