The College of Music of Qingdao University is located in Qingdao, a famous seaside city in China, on the shore of the Yellow Sea, at the foot of the Fushan Mountain, with beautiful scenery. In August 2004, it was renamed as "College of Music". Nowadays, the college has developed into the highest music school in Jiaodong area, with four undergraduate majors in musicology, music performance, dance and composition technology theory, 16 master's degree programs in musicology under the first-level discipline of music and dance, and a master's degree program in music performance in the field of art. The musicology discipline of the college was awarded the key discipline of Shandong Province for ten consecutive years during the "11th Five-Year Plan" and "12th Five-Year Plan".
The Party and governmental organizations of the college: Jiang Shian is the secretary of the General Party Branch of the college, Wang Jingyi is the president, Meng Lei is the vice president (also the deputy secretary of the General Party Branch of the college), Wang Wenli is the vice president, Zhang Bo is the deputy secretary of the General Party Branch, and Hu Ruiqin is the director of the Party and governmental office of the college.
The college has 7 professors, 6 doctors, 15 associate professors, 40 masters, and 12 foreign students from the United States, Germany, Britain, Russia and other foreign talents, the number and level of faculty in Shandong Province in the first place in the number of music colleges and universities. In recent years, the college has made great achievements in teaching and research, and has won more than ten national and provincial subjects and awards, which are listed as the first in music colleges and universities in the province. In addition, the college has long employed violinist Lv Siqing as honorary dean, famous musicians at home and abroad famous artists Dai Yuqiang, Zhao Ruilin, Zhu Kunqiang, Zuo Successor, Li Chunhua, etc. as visiting professors, which greatly enhances the teaching level of the college.
The college now has eight departments: Musicology, Music Education, Composition, Vocal, Orchestra, Folk Music, Keyboard, and Dance, and has student symphony orchestras, choirs, folk orchestras, chamber music ensembles, dance teams and other music practice and performance groups, which are designed to consolidate theoretical teaching through practice and to show the results of the teaching through the stage. In the arrangement of courses, the college emphasizes on practical courses such as symphony orchestra ensemble, folk orchestra, chorus, etc. At the same time, the college provides students with a lot of opportunities to take part in performances and competitions, and improves the students' level of artistic practice by focusing on cultivating top students to take part in competitions at home and abroad, organizing weekly concerts, and giving performances at the end of each term for the students of music performance majors. Award, and the Provincial Choral Competition and many other competition awards. The college has also established relationships with famous foreign universities such as the University of Missouri School of Music in the United States and the Towsingen Conservatory of Music in Germany to send international students and teachers for further study and visits, and students can apply for exchange studies at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, which provides students with the opportunity to acquire advanced international music skills and knowledge.
Qingdao University Conservatory of Music will continue to adjust and strengthen its professional settings according to the market demand for artistic talents, strengthen the standardized and institutionalized teaching management mechanism, strive to improve the cultural and artistic level and practical ability of teachers and students, and continue to open the door for the enhancement of the college's vitality and competitiveness, so as to make the Conservatory of Music grow to be a first-class art school that is thriving and developing.