Founded in 1984, Shandong University, Weihai (SDUW) is the first university co-built by a top university and the local government under the official approval of the Ministry of Education. As an important part of Shandong University, a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education and one of the major universities of advanced level in China developed through Project 211 and Project 985, Shandong University, Weihai covers such fields of study as economics, law, arts, science, engineering and management, with the characteristics of space science, marine science and Korean teaching and research.