What universities are there in Rizhao are as follows:

1 undergraduate institution, namely Shandong Vocational and Technical University of Foreign Studies; 3 junior college institutions, namely Rizhao Vocational and Technical College, Shandong Water Conservancy Vocational College, Rizhao Vocational College of Navigation Engineering.

1. Shandong Vocational and Technical University of Foreign Studies

This university is a private university, referred to as "Shanwai". It is organized by Shandong Huaxin Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. and approved by the Ministry of Education. Undergraduate level vocational school. The school was formerly known as Shandong Foreign Studies Vocational and Technical College founded in 2005. It was upgraded to an undergraduate-level vocational school in 2018. The following year, the school was renamed Shandong Foreign Studies Vocational and Technical University.

The school has 7 secondary colleges and 1 teaching department, offering 17 vocational undergraduate majors and 41 junior college majors. The school has three distinctive names, namely, Shandong Province Cross-border E-commerce Training Base, Shandong Province Key Service Outsourcing Talent Training Base, and Shandong Province Industry-Education Integration (School-Enterprise Cooperation) Demonstration Unit.

The school has 1 provincial-level high-level professional group (e-commerce professional group), 2 provincial-level brand professional groups (cross-border e-commerce professional group, applied foreign language (commerce) professional group), and 4 provincial-level specialty majors (Applied Japanese, International Economics and Trade, Industrial and Commercial Enterprise Management, and Applied English).

2. Rizhao Vocational and Technical College

This school is a public junior college. It was selected as a national model higher vocational college, the first batch of national modern apprenticeship pilot units, and a construction The industry's skill-based talent cultivation and training project, etc., has been listed as a second-category high-level school construction unit (B category) by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance.

The school has gone through development periods such as Rizhao No. 3 Vocational Senior High School, Rizhao Economic School, and Rizhao Vocational and Technical College. There are currently 10 secondary colleges offering 52 higher vocational and junior college majors.

Aquaculture technology is listed as a national teaching reform pilot major, and aquaculture technology, tourism management, food processing technology, mechatronics technology, and automobile inspection and maintenance technology are listed as key construction majors in national model colleges. Environmental monitoring and management technology, animation design and production are majors specially supported by the central government.

3. Shandong Water Conservancy Vocational College

Shandong Water Conservancy Vocational College is a public junior college. It is a national high-quality water conservancy higher vocational college, a national modern apprenticeship pilot unit, and a high-quality water conservancy institution in Shandong Province. Higher vocational colleges, the first batch of famous schools for cultivating skilled talents in Shandong Province, etc. Judging from these honors, the characteristics of this school are just like its name, mainly developing disciplines related to water conservancy.

The college has gone through stages such as Shandong Water Conservancy Mechanical and Electrical School and Shandong Water Conservancy Vocational College. The college now has 10 secondary colleges (departments) and 59 higher vocational colleges.

4. Rizhao Navigation Engineering Vocational College

This is a private college. It is one of the first batch of higher vocational education comprehensive evaluation enrollment pilot colleges and independent enrollment colleges in Shandong Province. Provincial school-enterprise cooperation (industry-education integration) demonstration unit. This school has a relatively early history and was founded in 1998. It has gone through development stages such as Rizhao Crew School, Rizhao Navigation Technology School, Rizhao Navigation Engineering Vocational College, and Rizhao Navigation Engineering Vocational College.