In 1959, Zhangdian Nonferrous Metal Industry School (张店有色金属工业学校), which is the predecessor of the school, was built.
Later it was renamed as Shandong Non-ferrous Metal School (山东省有色金属学校), Shandong Metallurgical Industrial School (山东省冶金工业学校) and Shandong Industrial School (山东省工业学校).
In 2002, Shandong Metallurgical Workers University (山东冶金职工大学) moved into Zibo from Jinan.
In May 2003, Shandong Vocational College of Industry was established on the basis of Shandong Industrial School and Shandong Metallurgical Workers University.