China University of Petroleum (CUP) is a state key comprehensive university under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of PRC and also one of the national "211 Project" universities. The university was founded in 1953, named Beijing Petroleum Institute, and moved to Shandong Province in 1969 with its name changed to East China Petroleum Institute. The university was renamed University of Petroleum in 1988 with two campuses respectively in Shandong and Beijing, and changed its name into China University of Petroleum in January 2005.
China University of Petroleum (Huadong) has two campuses respectively in Dongying and Qingdao. The university has Graduate School, 13 faculties (College of Geo-Resources and Information, College of Petroleum Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Electromechanical Engineering, College of Information and Control Engineering, College of Storage & Transportation and Architectural Engineering, College of Computer and Communication Engineering, College of Economics and Management, Colleg..View more