Yanshan University, referred to as "Yanda", is located in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. It is a national key university jointly established by the People's Government of Hebei Province, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

The school has reached the international advanced level in the research fields of complete sets of heavy machinery, metastable material science and technology, parallel robot theory and technology, fluid transmission and electro-hydraulic servo control technology, industrial automation control theory and technology, precision plastic forming technology, forging technology and heat treatment technology of large forgings, and mechanical structure and material science under extreme conditions.