Chengde Petroleum College
Chengde Petroleum College, which once belonged to the China National Petroleum Corporation, is jointly sponsored and managed by the local and central Hebei Provincial Government. The central mission of the college is to promote the Technical and Engineering Departments, as this is the construction model for colleges of higher engineering.
Our college is one of the oldest colleges in China. It originally grew out of "Beiyang Crafts School" and was founded in the City of Tianjin in 1903. In 1958, it moved to the historical city of Chengde where we presently reside.
Chengde Petroleum College is composed of seven departments: Mechanical, Automobile, Electrical and Electronics, Computer, Thermal, Chemical and Management Engineering. Among these seven departments, we have thirty-one majors for students to choose from. Each of these seven departments is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, which provide a good basis for comprehensive training and educational development. We have on-site training basis for welding, electrical engineering, electronics, computer and network, automobile and diesel engine technology, modern machinery, thermal engineering, industry test and control, and fine chemical engineering.
At present, our campus covers a total area of 13.28 hectares, and the residence buildings belonging to the school cover a total of 110 thousand square meters. The total fixed asset of the college exceeds 117 million yuan. Among them, the total value of instruments and equipment for teaching scientific research exceeds 40 million yuan. In addition, our library is the state's secondary service center of CNKI. The library currently has over 600,000 books and 1500 domestic and foreign periodicals.
Currently, there are 609 teachers and staff members employed by the school, among which, there are approximately 190 profe