青岛软件学院、计算机科学与技术学院其前身为创建于1984年的计算机科学系，2001年撤系建院,成立计算机与通信工程学院，2019年院部调整更名为计算机科学与技术学院。经过近40年的不懈努力，已发展成为石油石化行业领先、国内具有较高知名度的IT科技创新和人才培养基地。2020年，为深入贯彻国家软件发展战略，满足国家能源安全战略及青岛市经济社会发展对高端人才的需求，中国石油大学（华东）与青岛市政府、中国石油集团东方地球物理勘探有限责任公司、东软集团有限公司、海信集团有限公司共建青岛软件学院，并于2021年12月获批国家特色化示范性软件学院，从此开启崭新的发展阶段。

学院学科发展迅速，计算机科学进入ESI全球排名第234名（2026年3月），排名前2.56‰。设有软件工程学科一级博士点，计算机技术与资源信息工程二级博士点，计算机科学与技术、软件工程2个硕士学位授权一级学科，拥有资源信息工程博士专业学位授权领域，计算机技术、软件工程2个硕士专业学位授权领域。其中，计算机应用技术为山东省重点学科。学院参与共建化学品安全全国重点实验室、深层油气全国重点实验室；建有海洋物探及勘探开发装备国家工程研究中心-综合环境数字化与模拟分中心、智能油田教育部工程研究中心、山东省智能油气工业软件重点实验室、石油工业软件智能技术山东省高校重点实验室、山东省能源工业大数据发展创新实验室、青岛市随钻仪器及信息处理工程技术研究中心、青岛市油气物联网与人工智能技术工程研究中心、青岛市大型石油工业软件工程研究中心等多层次、体系化的高端科研实验平台。形成软件工程理论、软件工程技术、油气领域软件服务工程、智能信息处理、网络与服务计算、图形图像与可视化、数据科学与信息系统等特色鲜明的学科方向，积累了大量优秀科研成果。近五年，获得教育部科技进步二等奖2项、山东省科技进步一等奖1项、山东省科技进步二等奖1项、青岛市科技进步一等奖1项，中国计算机学会科技进步杰出奖1项，其他省部级科研奖励5项，在服务于国家能源战略和山东省、青岛市区域经济发展方面发挥了重要作用。

拥有一支高学历、高水平、经验丰富的师资队伍。现有教职工117人，其中教授19人，博士生导师24人，副教授48人，具有博士学位人员69人。有国家级人才4人，中国科协青年人才托举工程1人；省部级泰山产业领军人才1人，泰山学者特聘专家1人，泰山学者青年专家5人，山东省优青1人，山东省青年科技奖2人，山东省青年科技人才托举工程1人，山东省优秀教师1人；青岛市青年科技奖4人，青岛市拔尖人才1人，青岛西海岸新区高层次领军人才1人，青岛西海岸新区拔尖人才1人，青岛西海岸新区优秀青年人才2人，青岛高校教学名师2人。

人才培养体系完整，设有计算机科学与技术、软件工程、智能科学与技术、人工智能四个本科专业。其中，计算机科学与技术专业入选国家级一流专业建设点，为山东省特色专业；软件工程专业入选国家级一流本科专业建设点，为山东省“卓越工程师教育培养计划”建设专业。以立德树人为根本，通过持续综合改革不断提升人才培养质量。建院以来为国家输送了11000余名具有较高科学素养、较强创新意识和实践能力的复合型高级工程技术人才。

近五年，学院本科和硕士毕业生初次就业率均位居学校各专业前列，就业层次显著提升。目前在读学生2693人，本科学生1844人，研究生849人。学院建有软件工程、计算机系统开发、人工智能、计算机网络、工业互联网等专业实验室20余个，大学生创新实验室8个。实验室占地面积2700平方米，固定资产2960万元，教学设备2580台套。学院重视与国内外著名企业合作加强人才协同培养，近五年获批教育部产学合作协同育人项目60余项，与中国石油、中国石化、中国海油、国家管网、东方物探、海信、东软、华为、百度、浪潮、青软、软通动力、昆仑数智、科大讯飞等数十家企业开展了全方位合作。

“格物计算，致知力行”。学院正致力于打造特色化的发展和育人文化，打造“三支队伍”，落实科教、产教和学科三个融合，建设“五大平台”，持续探索信息与计算的科学世界，培养高端人才，服务国家战略需求、行业与区域发展需要，推动社会发展。

Qingdao Institute of Software, Collegeof Computer Science and Technology  predecessor was the Department of Computer Science founded in 1984. In 2001, the department was reorganized into the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, which was renamed the School of Computer Science and Technology following institutional adjustment in 2019. After nearly four decades of persistent efforts, it has grown into an IT innovation and talent training base leading the petroleum and petrochemical industry and enjoying high visibility nationwide.

In 2020, to fully implement the national software development strategy and meet the demand for high-end talents arising from the national energy security strategy and the economic and social development of Qingdao, China University of Petroleum (East China) jointly established the School of Software, Qingdao with the Qingdao Municipal Government, BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation, Neusoft Group Co., Ltd. and Hisense Group Co., Ltd. The school was approved as a National Characteristic Demonstrative Software School in December 2021, marking a brand-new stage of development.

The school has witnessed rapid disciplinary development. As of March 2026, Computer Science ranks 234th in the ESI global rankings, placing it within the top 2.56‰ worldwide. It offers a first-class doctoral program in Software Engineering and a second-class doctoral program in Computer Technology and Resource Information Engineering, alongside two first-class master’s degree programs in Computer Science and Technology and Software Engineering. It also hosts the doctoral professional degree field of Resource Information Engineering and two master’s professional degree fields: Computer Technology and Software Engineering. Among these, Computer Applied Technology is a Key Discipline of Shandong Province.

The school participates in the joint construction of the National Key Laboratory of Chemical Safety and the National Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas. It also operates a multi-level, systematic high-end research and experimental platform system, including the Comprehensive Environment Digitization and Simulation Sub-center of the National Engineering Research Center for Marine Geophysical Exploration and Exploration & Development Equipment, the Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Oilfields under the Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Oil & Gas Industrial Software, Shandong University Key Laboratory of Intelligent Technology for Petroleum Industrial Software, Shandong Energy Industrial Big Data Innovation Laboratory, Qingdao Engineering Technology Research Center for While-Drilling Instrumentation and Information Processing, Qingdao Engineering Research Center for Oil & Gas Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence Technology, and Qingdao Engineering Research Center for Large-Scale Petroleum Industrial Software.

Distinctive disciplinary directions have taken shape, covering software engineering theory, software engineering technology, software service engineering for the oil and gas sector, intelligent information processing, networks and service computing, graphics, images and visualization, as well as data science and information systems, yielding abundant outstanding research outcomes. Over the past five years, the school has won 2 Second Prizes of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 First Prize and 1 Second Prize of the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 First Prize of the Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 Outstanding Award of the China Computer Federation (CCF) Science and Technology Progress Award, and 5 other provincial and ministerial research awards. It plays a vital role in serving the national energy strategy and the regional economic development of Shandong Province and Qingdao City.

The school boasts a well-qualified, high-level and experienced faculty team. It currently has 117 faculty and staff members, including 19 professors, 24 doctoral supervisors and 48 associate professors, with 69 holding doctoral degrees. The faculty includes 4 national-level talents, 1 scholar supported by the Young Talent Support Project of the China Association for Science and Technology, 1 Taishan Industrial Leading Talent, 1 Distinguished Taishan Scholar, 5 Young Taishan Scholars, 1 recipient of the Shandong Provincial Excellent Youth Fund, 2 winners of the Shandong Provincial Youth Science and Technology Award, 1 scholar under the Shandong Provincial Young Scientific and Technological Talent Support Project, 1 Shandong Provincial Excellent Teacher, 4 winners of the Qingdao Youth Science and Technology Award, 1 Qingdao Top-notch Talent, 1 High-end Leading Talent of Qingdao West Coast New Area, 1 Top-notch Talent of Qingdao West Coast New Area, 2 Outstanding Young Talents of Qingdao West Coast New Area, and 2 Famous Teachers of Qingdao Higher Education.

A complete talent training system has been established, offering four undergraduate majors: Computer Science and Technology, Software Engineering, Intelligent Science and Technology, and Artificial Intelligence. Computer Science and Technology is selected as a national first-class undergraduate major construction site and a featured major of Shandong Province. Software Engineering is also a national first-class undergraduate major construction site and included in the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program of Shandong Province. Taking fostering virtue through education as the fundamental task, the school continuously improves talent training quality via comprehensive reforms. Since its founding, it has cultivated more than 11,000 compound senior engineering and technical talents with solid scientific literacy, strong innovation awareness and practical capabilities for the country.

Over the past five years, the initial employment rate of its undergraduate and postgraduate graduates has ranked among the top across all majors of the university, with markedly improved employment quality. At present, the school has 2,693 enrolled students, including 1,844 undergraduates and 849 postgraduates. It runs more than 20 specialized laboratories for software engineering, computer system development, artificial intelligence, computer networks and industrial Internet, plus 8 student innovation laboratories. The laboratories cover an area of 2,700 square meters, with fixed assets worth 29.6 million RMB and 2,580 sets of teaching equipment. Attaching great importance to collaborative talent training through partnerships with renowned domestic and international enterprises, the school has obtained over 60 industry-university collaborative education projects approved by the Ministry of Education in the past five years. It carries out all-round cooperation with dozens of enterprises including CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, PipeChina, BGP, Hisense, Neusoft, Huawei, Baidu, Inspur, Qingsoft, Softcom, Kunlun Digital Intelligence and iFLYTEK.

“Explore computing principles, pursue knowledge through practice.” Committed to developing distinctive culture for development and talent cultivation, the school builds three teams, integrates science & education, industry & education and disciplinary development, and constructs five major platforms. It keeps exploring the scientific world of information and computing, cultivating high-end talents, meeting national strategic, industrial and regional development needs, and advancing social progress.