China University of Petroleum (Beijing)


The China University of Petroleum - Beijing is a Chinese university with campuses in Beijing and Karamay. It is part of the China University of Petroleum.

Campuses

China University of Petroleum-Beijing has two campuses, one in Changping, Beijing and the other in Karamay, Xinjiang. It also has its own graduate school under the administration of Ministry of Education. In 1997, it became of member of the first “Project 211” universities and in 2006 it was nominated as one of the universities to construct National Innovation Platform for Advantageous Disciplines.

Beijing Campus

Beijing campus is situated in Changping, Beijing, covers an area of 0.331 km2. Until January 2017, there are 1436 teachers, in which 237 professors including two academicians of Chinese Academy of Science and two academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 350 associate professors, in Beijing campus. There are 9 professors received the title of Changjiang Distinguished Professor for Changjiang Scholars Program.
Beijing campus currently has 7,714 undergraduate students, 5,538 Master students, 1,142 PhDs and approximately 800 overseas students from 52 countries.
The Secretary of the Party Committee of China University of Petroleum - Beijing is Shan Honghong who is the former president of China University of Petroleum. The President of Beijing Campus is Zhang Laibin.

Karamay Campus

Karamay campus opened in October 2015, with the support from Beijing campus, Ministry of Education, Government on both provincial and municipal levels, as well as the China National Petroleum Corporation.
Karamay campus is located in Karamay, Xinjiang and covers an area of 4.8 km2. The Principal of Karamay campus is Zhang Shicheng who is the Vice President in Beijing campus as well.
Karamay campus is geographically close to several countries in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, namely, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mongolia. It teaches engineering, economics, finance, business, management, computer science, information technology, TCFL.
At present, the teachers are constituted by two parts: about one half are assigned by Beijing campus, who are either professors or associate professors, and the other half are employed by Karamay campus, of whom two thirds are PhDs. The scope of teaching and research covers areas like Geological Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Geophysical Prospecting, Well Testing, Chemical Engineering, Mechanics, Storage and Transport, and Electric Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Materials, Computer, Ideological Politics, Humanities, Foreign Languages, and P.E..
In the fall semester of 2016, it enrolled the first batch of 461 undergraduate students from 16 nationwide.

Notable alumni