•        China University of Petroleum, Beijing was founded in 1953, nominated as a key national university in 1960. and is a ‘211’ national universities under administration of the Ministry of Education. As a first-tier national university of China, the mission of CUP is to prepare qualified engineers and offer great technical service for the global oil industry through its education of the highest quality and excellent research. As a great extension of the Beijing Campus, CUP set up a new campus in Karamay, Xinjiang Autonomous Region in Oct. 2015 to uplift its national and international significance. In 2017, CUP joined the “Double First-rate” strategic plan, which is a new ambitious higher education policy that was officially launched by Chinese Ministry of Education. With years of efforts, CUP has been working on improving its programme quality, continuously evolving to stay at the cutting edge of research and industrial advances, and broadening its disciplines and research areas.