Shandong Agriculture and Engineering University (SDAEU) is a provincial general undergraduateuniversityin Shandong Province.Itwas founded in 1953 as Shandong Agricultural and Forestry Cadre School approved by Shandong Provincial Government, and was converted into Shandong Agricultural Management Cadre College in 1983. With the development and growth of the school, in 2013, theuniversitywas officially renamed Shandong Agriculture andEngineeringUniversitywith the approval of Shandong Provincial Government.

With the goal of building and developing high-level application-oriented undergraduate university, SDAEU is committed to cultivating high-quality applied talents with solid professional foundation, strong practical ability,fineadaptability, patriotism, innovative spirit,enthusiasmfor agriculture, and all-round development of virtue, intelligence, physical conditions, mind status and community service.With strong educational level and comprehensive strength, SDAEUhasformed the characteristics of "integration of agriculture andengineering", andhasrated as an excellent university in Shandong Province,an advanceduniversityfor invigorating agriculture through science and technology in Shandong Provinceand Green University in Shandong Province.In 2021, SDAEU was successfully approved as a support unit for an application-oriented undergraduate university in Shandong Province, ranks 455th on the 2026 Alumni Association China University Rankings.

SDAEUnow comprises two campuses, Jinan, and Zibo, covering an area of 3122.78 mu (about 208 hectares),with a total value of 148.44million yuan for teaching and scientific research equipment,a collection of 1.34million volumes of books and periodicals in the library. There are84laboratories, includingtwoShandong Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers,threeShandongkeylaboratories,oneShandong Characteristic Laboratory,oneShandong Data Open Innovation Application Laboratory,oneShandong Big Data Innovation Talent Base,threeProvincial Engineering Research Centers,threeProvincial Engineering Technology Research Centers,twoProvincial Collaborative Innovation Centers,oneProvincial Engineering Laboratory,threeDepartment level Engineering Research Centers,oneDepartment level Technology Center, andoneDepartment level Engineering Laboratory;SDAEU hasfiveexpert teams in the modern agricultural industry technology system in Shandong Province andfouryouth innovation teams in higher education institutions in Shandong Province. There are over 140 off campus practical teaching bases and 47 social practice bases.

There are 1021 faculty members, including 811 full-time teachers, among them there are 317 professors or associate professors, 887 with master or PhD degrees. At present, there are three provincial teaching teams, two provincial Huang Danian teacher teams, four provincial-level famous teacher, one Mount Taishan Industrial Leading Talent, three experts with outstanding contributions at the provincial and ministerial levels, one enjoying special allowance from the provincial government, one worker pioneer (team) in Shandong, one learning advanced team in Shandong, and 24 teachers won the National May Day Labor Medal, the Labor Medal for Enriching People and Revitalizing Shandong, the Qilu Women Star of Scientific and Technological Innovation, the March 8th Red Flag bearer in Shandong, exemplary individual in Shandong, exemplary individual in revitalizing agriculture through science and technology in Shandong, and Top Ten Moral Models in Shandong Province's Universities.

SDAEU contains16facultiesanddepartments,42undergraduate majors, coveringsevendisciplinessuch asagronomy, engineering,science,economics, management, art, literature, etc. There are 18,800full-time students. Theuniversityhas deeply promoted the construction and reform of new agricultural and engineering sciences.There is currently one provincial-level application oriented project construction professional group, five provincial first-class majors, two branded majors in universities stationed in Zibo, and one provincial application oriented talent training and development support plan major; Two provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, one provincial demonstration grassroots teaching organization, and one provincial demonstration internship (training) base;twonational first-class courses, 23 provincial first-class courses,threeShandong provincial ideological and political demonstration courses, andoneprovincial ideological and political "ExcellentCourse", one employment and entrepreneurship"ExcellentCourse"for Shandong universities;twonational level new agricultural research and reform practice projects, and 154Ministry of Education industry university cooperation and collaborative education projects; In recent years,SDAEU haswon 16 provincial-level and above teaching achievement awards, includingonespecial prize,fivefirst prizes, andsevensecond prizes.

Focusing on major national strategies such as the Rural Revitalization, Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin, the University has strengthened theoretical and applied research, and has been approved 546 scientific research projects in the past five years, including four national projects, 131 provincial and ministerial projects, 163 crossing research projects, and nearly 90 million yuan of scientific research funds; 46 awards at or above the department and bureau level, including one second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, Six provincial and ministerial level scientific research awards, including the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and the Provincial Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fisheries Harvest Festival; 216 national patent authorizations, 152 software copyrights, and 40 local standards; published 13 books and textbooks.

SDAEUstrengthens school-local, school-enterprise cooperation, integrates social resources, and has successively cooperated with a number of research institutes and industry leading enterprises such as Shandong Culture and Tourism Group, Huawei, 360 Group, ShandongHekangyuan to jointly build a collaborative education platform and internship training base. Jointly established 11school level industrial colleges with Dingli Group, Cyber Network, Qingdao Yinggu and other enterprises, of whichtwowere approved as city level industrial colleges. Cooperate with Jinan CityandZibo City to expand educational space, strengthen connotation construction, and serve regional economic and social development.

SDAEUimplements the international development strategy and actively carries out international exchanges and cooperation, now it has established friendly cooperative relations and cooperation withmore than 40 universities and scientific research institutions in20 countries and regions, includingRussia,the United States andThailand, etc.It carries out exchanges and cooperation such as student exchange, scholar visits, and joint training; It accepts international students from more than 10 countries including South Korea, Thailand, Moroccoand so on to study at the school;It has been approved fortwo Official Joint Programs.Theuniversityis nowthefounding member and council member of the China-CEEC Modern Agricultural Science and Education Innovation Alliance,member of the Thai-Chinese Education Alliance,andmember of theChina-Russian (Shandong) Education International CooperationUnit, and also a member of China US Talent Training Program and the China Europe Education and Cultural Exchange Program.