Discipline and Specialty: The College has three first-class disciplines in history (archaeology, China history and world history) and two two disciplines in management (archival science and cultural industry management). There are five departments (history department, archaeology and museum department, world history department, secretarial archives department and cultural industry management department); There are 6 undergraduate majors (history, world history, archaeology, cultural relics and museums, archival science, and cultural industry management), 1 second-class national key discipline (ancient history of China), 3 first-class doctoral programs and postdoctoral mobile stations (history of China, world history, archaeology), master's programs in library information and archives management, and 5 academic master's enrollment programs (history of China, archaeology).

Shandong University ranks among the best in archaeology, history and world history in the third and fourth rounds of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education. 20 16 Archaeology and History was included in the list of the first batch of key disciplines in the "Discipline Summit Plan" of Shandong University. According to Shandong University's plan to build a world-class university, the school focuses on five dominant disciplines, such as "China Classics", among which the history of China and archaeology rank among them.