China University of Petroleum (East China)

In 1953 Beijing Petroleum Institute was established and became the first institution for higher education of petroleum in China. In 1978, with the reform and opening up of China, the institute stepped into a new period of growth, and became a multidisciplinary educational institute with majors covering science, engineering, and management. In 1988, it was renamed as University of Petroleum.

There are a number of faculties:

• School of Geosciences
• School of Petroleum Enginnering
• College of Chemical Engineering
• College of Mechanical and Elecotronic Engineering
•  College of Pipeline and Civil Engineering
• School of Materials Science and Engineering
• College of New Energy
• College of Oceangraph and Space Informations
• College of Control Science and Technology
• College of Computer Science and Technology
• School of Economics and Management
• College of Science
• School of Foreign Studies
• School of Humanities and Law
• School of Marxism
• Department of Physical Education

The university is an important scientific research base for petroleum and petrochemical industry. In all, there are 82 key academic institutions and bases approved by governments, enterprises and public institutions, such as the national key laboratory of heavy oil, the national engineering laboratory of marine geophysical prospecting and exploration equipment storage, the key laboratory for reservoir geology of Shandong province, the key laboratory for oilfield chemistry of Shandong province, the key laboratory for oil and gas reservoir security of Shandong province, MOE engineering research center for new oil and gas processing technology.