Qilu University of Technology

Qilu University of Technology is a public university in Jinan, Shandong province, China. It was founded in 1948 as the Jiaodong Industry School. In 2013, its name was changed to "Qilu University of Technology" from "Shandong Institute of Light Industry", and in 2017, it was combined with Shandong Academy of Sciences. The main campus of the university is located in the Western University Science Park in the Changqing District of Jinan, and the branch campuses are located in Heze City and Qingdao City.

Key labs and disciplines

Key Discipline	Recognizing Agency
Pulping and Paper Making Engineering	SDEdu
Chemistry	SDEdu
Chemical Engineering	SDEdu
Fermentation Engineering	SDEdu
Leather Chemistry and Engineering	SDEdu
Art of Design	SDEdu
Material Physics and Chemistry	SDEdu
Mechanical Electronic Engineering	SDEdu
Polymer Chemistry and Physics	SDEdu
Food Technology	SDEdu
Study of Cultural Propagation	SDEdu

Schools and departments

The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is one of the initial founded faculty in Qilu University of Technology. In nowadays, it includes five different subjects, which are: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Pharmaceutic Preparation and Energetic Engineering. The SCCE has about 150 lecturers and researchers, including 22 professors, 46 associate professors. The students are subordinated in Jinan and Heze campus and in total there are 2400 bachelor students and over 200 master students.
The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering attaches great importance to the international education and cooperation. It has been worked close with international universities closely in the field of education and academic research. In 2012, the first international class, which is under the subject of Applied Chemistry, has been found. The international class was firstly cooperated with Saimaa University of Applied Sciences in Finland and then transferred to Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Most of the graduate students have successfully applied for the master/Ph.D. degree programs in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the US and so on.

History

Year	Event Type	Event
1948	Origin	Jiaodong School of Industry was established by the Jiaodong Military District of PLA.
1978	Upgrade	Shandong Institute of Light Industry was established based on the Shandong School of Light Industry. An independent and new Shandong School of Light Industry was established in 1990 for vocational education.
1982	Role	SDILI was added by the central government of China into the first batch of colleges/universities that are authorized to release bachelor's degrees.
1987	Publication	"Academic Journal of Shandong Institute of Light Industry" started its publication.
1992	Role	"Technology Base for National Project on Science and Technology Fruits Converting" was labeled by the National Science and Technology Committee onto SDILI.
1996	Conference	The 4th International Conference on Beer and Beverage Technology was held by SDILI.
1997	Conference	The 1st Qilu International Conference on New Technologies of Pulping and Paper Making was held by SDILI.
1998	Role	SDILI was authorized to release master's degrees.
1998	Merge	Shandong School of Light Industry and Shandong School of Banking were merged into SDILI.
2003	Campus	The land of the new campus in Changqing was purchased by SDILI.
2012	Role	SDILI was listed as the first batch of colleges/universities to be highly supported by Shandong province.
2013	Name	"Qilu University of Technology" was set as the new name of SDILI aiming its new phase of development.
2013	Conference	The 9th International Conference on Beer and Beverage Technology
2014	Role	QLUT Technology Converting Center was labeled "National Exemplar Institution for Technology Converting"