At present, the school boasts national level-one key discipline of MSE, doctoral and post-doctoral research station of MSE, Key Laboratory for Liquid- Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials that is recognized by the Ministry of Education, It also consists of 4 Shandong provincial key laboratories (Materials Engineering, Liquid Metal and its Heredity, Engineering Ceramics and Polymer Materials), 4 provincial engineering and technique research centers (Carbon Fibers, Modern Welding Technology, Plastic Forming and Moulding Technology and Superhard Materials) and 4 provincial key disciplines (Metallic Materials & Heat Treatment, Casting, Plastic Forming of Metals and Welding).The Materials Processing and Engineering belongs to key discipline under provincial's strengthened support and has also set up positions for distinguished professors under "Cheung Kong Scholar Program" by the Ministry of Education. Moreover. Materials Science and Materials Processing and Engineering both establish positions for "Taishan Scholars" by Shandong Province.

With a fixed asset amounting nearly to one hundred million yuan, the school occupies over 13000 square meters of lab space, which is equipped with more than 100 large-scale precision instruments offering state- of-art teaching and research conditions. By sticking to the principle of "Theory with Innovation, Research for Application", we have achieved profound results in scientific research. For example, we hove obtained National Science and Technology Award for 24 times as the first organization. In the past 5 years, we've undertaken more than 300 research projects including those sponsored by "Project 863" and “Project 973", projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Defense Pre-research Project, projects supported by the State Science and Technology Ministry, Provincial and Ministerial Projects as well as numerous industrial projects. We rank high among. domestic counterparts in respect to major scientific research indexes, including scientific achievement rewards above ministerial and provincial levels, papers published in SCI/El and patents authorized by the state