shandong university at weihai (sduw) is an important component of shandong university (ji’nan). with formal approval from the ministry of education, this comprehensive university was jointly funded in 1984 by shandong university and weihai municipal government. located in one of the most comfortable cities in china, sduw backs on majia hill to the north and is surrounded by sea on its east and west sides. sduw covers an area of 1600 mu with the construction area of over 300,000 m².

sduw is an ideal place for both education and scientific research. during the past 20 years, sduw has developed into a comprehensive university, composed of 9 colleges (college of commerce, college of fine arts, college of information science and engineering, college of journalism, college of korean studies, college of law, college of marine studies, college of translation and interpretation studies, college of vocational technology), 2 departments (department of applied mathematics, department of space science and applied physics), offering 32 bachelor’s programs, 24 postgraduate programs and 7 doctorate programs, covering 6 fields of learning: literature, economics, law, science, engineering and management. up to may, 2007, the chinese student population on campus has reached 150,000. there are over 300 international students who are studying at sduw. the number of full-time faculty has reached 1200. in addition, there are another 100 foreign teachers and visiting professors working at sduw.

sduw has built cooperative relationships of various forms on students’ overseas experience with nearly 30 universities in korea, usa, uk, sweden and france. they are mainly 1+2+1 duel bachelor’s degree program, one-year exchange program, half-year exchange program, 2+2 dual bachelor’s degree program, 1+1+1 dual master’s degree program as well as postgraduate program.

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