Shandong University University, which is directly under the Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China and directly under the central government, is one of the world's first-class universities in construction (Class A), 985 project and 211 project. It has been selected into 2011 plan, Everest plan, strong foundation plan, 111 plan, education and training plan for outstanding engineers, education and training plan for outstanding doctors, education and training plan for outstanding legal talents, and national construction high-tech project Pinghua university is a member of the global energy Internet University Alliance. It is a comprehensive national key university.Shandong University is the origin of modern higher education in China. Its main body is Shandong University founded in 1901, which is the second national university founded in China after Beijing Normal University, and also the first university to run a school according to its constitution. Its medical discipline originated in 1864, which opened the precedent of higher medical education in modern China. Since its birth, the university has gone through several historical development periods, such as Shandong University, national Qingdao University, national Shandong University, Shandong University and the new Shandong University, which was formed by the merger of the former Shandong University, Shandong Medical University and Shandong University of technology.As of August 2018, Shandong University has a total area of over 8000 mu (including about 3000 mu of Qingdao Campus), There are 55 teaching departments, 4 affiliated hospitals, 3 non affiliated hospitals, 11 teaching and practice hospitals; there are 44 first-class doctoral programs, 55 first-class master programs, 3 professional doctoral programs, 27 professional master programs, 117 undergraduate programs, and 41 post doctoral research stations There are 7493 in-service staff (excluding affiliated hospitals), 40789 full-time undergraduates, 18816 postgraduates and 3791 international students.