Dezhou University, founded in 1971, is a full-time comprehensive undergraduate university directly under the Shandong Provincial Government. The university adheres to the foundation of arts and sciences, focuses on engineering, vigorously develops new and interdisciplinary disciplines, and strives to build applied professional clusters such as teacher education and “Health Plus”. Now, there are 22 schools and 3 research institutes. It has 22 national and provincial scientific research platforms and key disciplines, such as the National and Regional Research Center of Universities of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Shandong Province, the Academician Workstation of Shandong Province, Provincial key disciplines, and Provincial Think Tank for Foreign Affairs Research and Development. There are more than 1600 full-time teachers, more than 1000 teachers with Doctor's and Master's degrees, 628 professors and associate professors. There are more than 24,000 full-time students.

德州学院始建于1971年，是山东省政府直属全日制综合性普通本科院校。学校坚持以文理为基础，工科为重点，大力发展新兴和交叉学科，着力打造师范教育和“健康+”等应用型专业集群。现设有22个学院，3个研究院。拥有教育部高校国别和区域研究中心、山东省重点实验室、省院士工作站、省重点学科、省外事研究发展智库等省级及以上科研平台、重点学科等22个。现有专任教师1600余人，具有博士、硕士学位教师1000余人，教授、副教授628人,全日制在校生24000余人。