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In 1928, the Kuomintang Government in Nanjing regained control of northern China and Shandong through the Northern Expedition.

Soon afterwards, preparations commenced for a National University in the province.

In August 1928, the government ordered the replacement of the provincial Shandong University with a National University in Shandong.

The National University of Qingdao was formally established with an opening ceremony on September 21, 1930.

In 1932, it was renamed " National Shandong University ".

Like Qingdao University, Shandong National University was housed in the buildings of the former Bismarck barracks.

The University's chancellor, Yang Zhensheng (), followed the model set by Peking University in establishing an " inclusive " (), " scientific and democratic " () academic environment.

During this period, Shandong National University hired distinguished scientists, scholars and literary figures such as Lao She, Wen Yiduo, Shen Congwen, Liang Shiqiu, the nuclear physicist Wang Ganchang ( faculty member from 1934 to 1936 ), and Tong Dizhou.

Poet Zang Kejia, who later co-edited the " Selected Poems of Chairman Mao " (, 1957 ), was a student of Wen Yiduo from 1930-1934 in Qingdao.