Dezhou University was founded in 1971. It is a full-time comprehensive undergraduate university under the direct administration of Shandong provincial government. In 2017, it was listed as one of the universities for building Master degree awarding university in Shandong Province. In 2021, Dezhou University was granted as one of the first universities for application-oriented undergraduate construction university in Shandong Province. In 2022, it was rated as the Master degree conferring precision cultivation university.
School covers a total area of 2000 mu with building area of 689,000㎡. The total value of teaching and research equipment is RMB 301 million. The University Library claims a collection of 2.43 million volumes.
Currently, there are 22 colleges, 4 research institutes 1 Chinese-foreign cooperative educational institute, 68 undergraduate programs. Dezhou University boasts outstanding faculties: over 1700 faculty members, including more than 1400 teachers with doctorate and master's degrees, over 600 professors and associate professor, and more than 170 part-time doctoral and master's supervisors. It is home to about 24000 full-time students in undergraduate programs.
School has 1 University National and Regional Studies Center under the Ministry of Education, 2 Provincial Key Laboratories and 12 Provincial Engineering Research Centers. There are in total of 15 provincial level platforms, including Academician Workstation, Laboratory System of Shandong Provincial Universities, Collaborative Innovation Center for Serving the Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of Yellow River Basin, and Foreign Affairs Think Tank.
School has deeply implemented the internationalization strategy, actively promoted the action plan of opening up to the world and established friendly relations with 112 universities and research institutions from 24 countries and regions. It is running 1 Chinese-foreign cooperative institute. The number of Chinese-foreign cooperative programs is 5. Shandong Research Center on ASEAN has become the "National and Regional Research Center of Universities" of the Ministry of Education. The Shandong - Ilocos Norte Base for People-to-People and Education Exchanges and Shandong - ASEAN Base for Youth Exchanges have been settled in the university. Carry out the projects of "Shandong Province Chinese Language Education Base" and the "Online Teacher Assignment Pilot Project" of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. Jointly established the "Chinese Language and Culture Exchange Institute" with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Approved to host the Confucius Institute at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaysia. More than 400 international students from Russia,Thailand etc. are enrolled for degree study and Chinese language study. And the university has obtained the qualification to admit undergraduates from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions China.
(Updated in Novermber, 2024)
