Why is Shandong University called “the largest university in the world”?

There was a former president of Shandong University named Xu Xianming. In 2012, he once said that it would take nine years, that is, the 120th anniversary of the founding of Shandong University (2021), to make it one of the world's universities. Top 100, initially building a world-class university.

However, in recent years, Shandong University’s domestic ranking has steadily declined, and its discipline construction has experienced a relatively obvious decline. This sentence has become a joke. Shandong people at home and abroad feel anxious and helpless about the decline of their alma mater. , I had no choice but to use "The First World University" to ridicule myself.

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The predecessor of Shandong University was the government-run Shandong University founded in Jinan in 1901 (the 27th year of Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty). Since its establishment, Shandong University has experienced two historical stages: semi-colonial, semi-feudal society and socialist society, from the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China. During this period, it changed its name several times, went through many changes such as closure, reconstruction, merger, and relocation. It has integrated various universities at different times, and has also branched out into more than ten colleges and universities.

According to information on the official website of Shandong University in August 2018, Shandong University has 8 national-level scientific research platforms, including the National Key Laboratory, the National Engineering Technology Research Center, the National Engineering Laboratory, and the National Engineering Technology Promotion Center. 6 "111 Innovation and Talent Introduction Plan Projects", 4 key research bases in the humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 21 key laboratories and engineering technology research centers of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, and a large number of provincial key laboratories and engineering technology research centers .

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