Yantai University (simplified Chinese: 烟台大学) is a public university in Yantai, Shandong, China. Yantai University was established as a modern comprehensive university along the coast in Yantai, July, 1984, from a generous bequest by Mr. Zhang Chengxian (simplified Chinese: 张承先). Mr. Zhang Chengxian was appointed the first president. Yantai University's motto is 'to be honest, modest and natural'. Its coat of arms is constituted by a dolphin and ocean flows, delegating intellectual and mind opening respectively. The majority of students registering in Yantai University are Shandong natives, and its graduates are best known as honesty, diligent, and erudite. In 2008, the university has 21 faculties and provides 49 programs covering arts, law, science, education, management, medicine, music, engineering, continuing education, international culture. The university library serves the community with 1,680,000 physical bibliographies and 700,000 electronic items. Yantai University has stable communication with academic institutes in United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Australia, Korea, Germany, and the United States.