China University of Petroleum
The China University of Petroleum (East China) is a national public university located in Qingdao, Shandong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, five major state energy corporations, and the Province of Shandong. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan. The China University of Petroleum (Beijing) is a national public university located in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan. Since 2005, the two institutions became two separate legal entities with different constitutions and administrative boards. They have been two independent universities and shared no relations or connections since 2005. History The university, founded in 1953, was known then as Beijing Petroleum Institute. It was founded acquiring the best petroleum associated departments in the country: Petroleum research groups in Department of Geology, Department of Mining and Department of Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University Petroleum research groups in four departments of Peiyang University (now Tianjin University) Part of Department of Chemical Engineering from Peking University Part of Department of Mathematics from Yanching University (now