The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

[3][4] Since 2005, the two institutions became two separate legal entities with different constitutions and administrative boards.

In 1988, it was renamed The University of Petroleum consisting of one part in Dongying as the college and one in Beijing as the graduate school.

In 2004, China University of Petroleum (Huadong) began to move to Qingdao, and completed the relocation in 2012.