1. The reputation of the education institute - accreditation by the State or the sector of higher education

Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST), a key university of Shandong Province with distinct features, offers multidisciplinary education in engineering, sciences, management, literature, law, economics and education while giving prominence to engineering and is noted for mining technology.

SDUST is a public university registered at the State Administration of Public Institutions Registration.
Level of education: cultivation of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree students.
Source of funds: total appropriation by the government.

	No. 1 Teaching Building

2. Specialized accreditation by the State or the sector of higher education for the academic programs of the education institute
SDUST was placed in Category A in the national undergraduate program teaching evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education of China in the year of 2007.

3. Specialized accreditation by the international academic accreditation foundation for the academic programs of the education institute
Diplomas and certificates conferred by SDUST are authorized by the Chinese government and are generally accepted by international accreditation institutions.

4. Specialized accreditation by the Local and foreign Specialized Vocational Associations  for  the academic programs  or  the Vocational majors of the education institute
All SDUST's cooperative and joint-cultivation programs with higher learning institutions in countries like Australia, Germany, Korea, the United States, France, etc. are approved by the Ministry of Education of China.

5. the rank of the education institute by academic accreditation foundation

SDUST's engineering discipline ranked 63rd among all Chinese universities according to Chinese Universities Appraisal Report issued in 2005.

Yan Hu Lake on Campus

SDUST ranked No. 1 in China's Non-key Universities' Disciplinary Competitiveness (Engineering) in the Evaluation Report of Chinese Universities and Their Academic Programs recently issued by the Research Center of China Science Evaluation. The report is published once every two years and SDUST has ranked No.1 twice, which demonstrates its academic strength.

SDUST is listed among the 103 research universities in China according to a recent study by Higher Education Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a prestigious research institution in China.