Picturesque snow scenery at Ludong University.[Phote provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Ludong University is located in Yantai, a beautiful seaside city in the east of Shandong Peninsula surrounded by Bohai Sea and Huanghai Sea. As one of the first 14 coastal cities opening to the world, Yantai boasts enviable environment, comfortable climate, and prosperous economy.

Ludong University, formerly known as Yantai Normal College, founded in 1930, is a comprehensive university with arts, science and engineering as its primary majors and coordinated multidisciplinary development.

The campus covers an area of 2134 mu, among which 826,000 square meters is for teaching buildings. There are 22 colleges, 17 key provincial disciplines, laboratories and Arts & Social Science research bases, 13 first-level disciplines for master-degree programs, 77 second-disciplines for master-degree programs, 5 disciplines for professional master programs (with 19 specialties), and 73 majors for undergraduate programs.

In line with the trend of globalization, Ludong University has opened up through increasingly frequent international exchanges and diverse cooperation with foreign partners. It has established cooperative partnership with 74 universities from 12 countries, including South Korea, Japan, USA, Russia and France, regarding joint educational programs, mutual visits among faculty and academic exchange.

Until now,  Ludong University has one Sino-Foreign Joint-Education Institute, named Ulsan Ship and Ocean College, established by Ludong University and University of Ulsan, and has set up Loire Confucius Institute with University of Angers and UCO in France.

It has also established five joint education programs with universities from South Korea, Japan, USA and the UK, and has launched "2+ 2","3+1" and "3+2" in collaboration with many universities abroad.

Ludong University, was authorized to receive international students with "Chinese Government Scholarship", "Confucius Institute Scholarship", "Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship".

Ludong University also set up "International Preppies Education Base of Shandong Province", "TCFL Popularization and Research Center of Shandong Province", "Test Center of HSK" and "Test Center of BCT" to promote its education internationalization.

Address: 186, Middle Hongqi Road, Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China 264025

Tel: +86-535-6696181 6673797

Fax: +86-535-6697578