# Qingdao University of Technology

Qingdao University of Technology (QUT; simplified Chinese: 青岛理工大学; traditional Chinese: 青島理工大學; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Lǐgōng Dàxué), formerly known as Qingdao Technological University, is a university in Qingdao, Shandong, China. It offers programs in civil, mechanical, and environmental engineering.

## Location

Qingdao Technological University has its main campus located in the Sifang District of Qingdao and has two satellite campuses in Huangdao District west of Jiaozhou Bay and Fei County of Linyi. Altogether, the university covers an area of 1,779,400 square meters and a floor space of 989,000 square meters.

## History

The university was founded in 1953 as the Qingdao Institute of Architecture. In 1960 it was renamed into Shandong Metallurgy College. During the decades that followed it developed into a large and all-encompassing university and was placed under the administration of the Provincial Education Department in 1998. In 2004, it was granted full University status.

## Programs

QTech offers Bachelor and Master degrees in a variety of studies in Engineering science, Business management, Economics, Arts, and Law. The university organizes language courses and adult education programs.
Doctoral programs include Mechanical Design and Theory, Structural Engineering, Soil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Heating, Gas Supplying Ventilation and Air-conditioning Engineering.

## Administration
### Faculties

* Architecture
* Arts
* Automation Engineering
* Automobile and Traffic
* Business
* Civil Engineering
* Communication and Electrical
* Computer Engineering
* Economics and Trade
* Environmental and Municipal Engineering
* Foreign Languages
* Humanities and Social Science
* Management
* Mechanical Engineering
* Sciences
* P.E. Education and Science
* College of Adult Education
* Higher Vocational Technical Education

### International cooperation

Universities that have an partnership agreement with the Qingdao Technological University include:
* Illinois Institute of Technology (United States)
* Wentworth Institute of Technology (USA)
* Montclair State University (USA)
* Brock University (Canada)
* British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada)
* Charles Darwin University (Australia)
* Greenwich University (United Kingdom)
* Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Russia)
* University of Karlsruhe (Germany)
* University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland (Switzerland)
* Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
* Kyushu University (Japan)
* Kwangwoon University (South Korea)
* Sejong University (South Korea)
* Semyung University (South Korea)
* Silla University (South Korea)
* Hannan University (South Korea)

## Affiliated schools

Qindao College of Qingdao Technological University (青岛理工大学琴岛学院) is an independent college founded by the QTech in 2004. It is in Chengyang district of Qingdao, adjacent to Mount Lao. The campus encompasses 700.000 square meters with a floor are of 519.000 square meters. The college hosts eight faculties that offer Associate degrees as well as Bachelor studies. More than 16.700 students attend the college (+ more than 300 foreign students per year).

### Faculties

* School of Civil Engineering
* School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
* School of Computer Sciences
* School of Accounting
* School of Economics and Trade
* School of Architecture
* School of Arts
* School of Foreign Languages (English, German, French, Business English)