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China University of Petroleum

China (Mainland)Asia

#686

QS World University Rankings 2026

25.7

QS 2026 overall score

QS World University Rankings data

Ranking data

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#686

QS World University Rankings 2026

#631

QS World University Rankings 2025

25.7

QS 2026 overall score

QS 2026 indicators

Indicator-level data

Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.

Academic reputation

QS 2026 score
3.1
QS 2026 rank
#701

Employer reputation

QS 2026 score
6.8
QS 2026 rank
#701

Faculty-student ratio

QS 2026 score
10.7
QS 2026 rank
#801

Citations per faculty

QS 2026 score
94.5
QS 2026 rank
#77

International faculty ratio

QS 2026 score
7.2
QS 2026 rank
#801

International student ratio

QS 2026 score
5.2
QS 2026 rank
#801

International student diversity

QS 2026 score
4.1
QS 2026 rank
#801

International research network

QS 2026 score
26.4
QS 2026 rank
#801

Employment outcomes

QS 2026 score
26.2
QS 2026 rank
#621

Sustainability

QS 2026 score
35.3
QS 2026 rank
#801
University profile

About China University of Petroleum

China University of Petroleum connects energy with engineering, science, and management

China University of Petroleum (East China) in Qingdao presents an academic structure built around energy and related systems. Its English school list includes geosciences, petroleum engineering, chemical engineering and environment, mechanical and transportation engineering, safety and ocean engineering, new energy and materials, information science and engineering, science, economics and management, artificial intelligence, foreign languages, and sports, humanities and arts. This arrangement allows a project to move from subsurface processes or production systems toward materials, data, safety, environment, or business. The school and department page should define the route for a particular applicant.

The international education pages also list English-medium examples in petroleum engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, architecture, big-data management and applications, and new-energy materials and devices. These examples show the range of fields connected with the university, but they do not mean that every programme remains open or uses the same teaching language. A student should separate the discipline, degree level, language, campus, and supervisor information before using a school name in a shortlist.

Research at China University of Petroleum covers subsurface systems and new energy

A petroleum or geoscience proposal may examine reservoirs, rock, fluid movement, geophysical signals, drilling, production, or energy transition. Chemical engineering and environment can address reactions, separation, pollution control, carbon-related processes, or industrial systems. Mechanical and transportation work may involve equipment, pipelines, logistics, or reliability. The new-energy and materials school adds batteries, functional materials, energy devices, and related measurements, while information science and artificial intelligence can support modelling, automation, data analysis, and intelligent operations.

The combination of schools matters when a project is genuinely cross-disciplinary. A model should be linked to a physical process, and an industrial question should identify the plant, field, dataset, or measurement boundary. Safety and ocean engineering may be relevant to offshore or hazardous settings, but the responsible laboratory still needs to be named. The university-level list is a route finder; a department page is needed to confirm the research question, facilities, and people connected with a specific project.

How to assess a China University of Petroleum study or research route

Begin by writing the energy system in concrete terms. A geoscience project should state the formation, sample, sensor, or model. Petroleum engineering needs a production, drilling, reservoir, or completion problem. Chemical work requires a substance, reaction, process, or control target. New-energy research should identify the material, device, cycle, or performance measure. Computing and management need a dataset, operation, decision, or organisation. Safety work should describe the hazard, environment, and control method.

The overview here places China University of Petroleum in context and cannot judge one college, programme, laboratory, or supervisor. In your shortlist, capture the school, department, central question, approach, teaching language, expected output, and live university page describing the route. Treat the broad energy identity as context rather than a match by itself. Classify the project as field-based, laboratory, computational, industrial, environmental, or policy-oriented. Record any dependence on a field site, plant, core sample, industrial partner, specialist instrument, or restricted dataset before deciding that the route is practical for your plan. Note whether the project needs a host site or a particular instrument, since that practical detail may narrow the relevant research group. Keep the energy source, measurement boundary, and intended application visible in the first project note.

Institution record

Country
China (Mainland)
Region
Asia
Status
Public
QS size code
L
Profile record updated
October 31, 2025

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