China University of Petroleum-Beijing (CUP), founded in 1953, is a national key university directly affiliated to China’s Ministry of Education. Its main campus lies at the southern foothill ofJundu Mountain in Beijing and the Karamay campus is located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With a distinctive characteristic in petroleum, CUP mainly focuses on engineering disciplines while having a coordinated development in multi-disciplines. In 1997, CUP became a member of China’s first Project 211 universities and was nominated as one of the universities to construct National Innovative Platform for Advantageous Disciplines in 2006. In 2017, CUP was selected to participate in the "Double First-Class" Initiative, starting a new journey to build itself into a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.

中国石油大学（北京）一校两地（北京、克拉玛依），北京昌平校区坐落在风景秀丽的军都山南麓，北京校区校园占地面积700余亩；克拉玛依校区位于新疆维吾尔自治区克拉玛依市，校园占地面积7000余亩。学校是一所石油特色鲜明、以工为主、多学科协调发展的教育部直属的全国重点大学，是设有研究生院的高校之一。1997年，学校首批进入国家“211工程”建设高校行列；2006年，成为国家“优势学科创新平台”项目建设高校。2017年，学校进入国家一流学科建设高校行列，全面开启建设中国特色世界一流大学的新征程。