Qingdao Technological University

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Qingdao Technological University (QTech), also Qingdao Polytechnic University, is a university located in Qingdao, Shandong, China. QTech is particularly well-known for its programs in civil, mechanical, and environmental engineering. QTech began as small engineering institute and has grown in a few decades into a large and all-encompassing university offering degrees in engineering, science, business management, arts, and law. The university also offers adult education courses.

[edit] Location

Qingdao Technological University has its main campus located in the Sifang district of Qingdao and has two satellite campuses in Qingdao's Huangdao District and Feixian County of Shandong Province.

[edit] Chronology

  • December 1952 - Formation as Qingdao School of Civil Engineering
  • June 1960 – Renamed Shandong Institute of Metallurgical and Civil Engineering and began accepting undergraduates. Degrees in mining, engineering and mineral processing offered.
  • September 1985 - Renamed Qingdao Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture. The institute stopped offering degrees in mining and mineral processing.
  • May 2004 - Acquired present name, Qingdao Technological University.
  • 2005 – QTech permitted to offer doctorate degrees.
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