College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering was developed from the Physics Professors Association established in 1953. After the Basic Department, the Physics Department and the College of Science, the College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering was officially established in January 2019. The college has the key laboratory of the Ministry of Education of "fiber integrated optics", the innovation and talent introduction base of the Ministry of Education of "micro structure functional optical fiber for engineering applications", the key laboratory of "optical fiber sensing science and technology" in Heilongjiang Province, and the national experimental teaching demonstration center of "university physics experiment".

At present, the college has 116 teaching staff (including Yantai Qingdao), 103 teachers, 54 teachers with senior professional titles (25 professors, 29 associate professor), 25 doctoral supervisors and 68 master's supervisors. At present, there are 1020 students in all kinds of schools, including 655 undergraduates (57 from Chen Geng Class), 237 masters and 125 doctors (including one international student).

In recent years, the college has undertaken more than 200 national, provincial and ministerial projects, and received 86.206 million yuan for scientific research; 19 provincial and ministerial awards; 710 high-level papers were published in SCI, 701 in EI, 392 patents were applied and 295 invention patents were authorized.

Adhering to international and open policy education, the college has established a good and stable cooperative relationship with many world-renowned universities, research institutions, international organizations and enterprises, including University of California Berkeley in the USA, University of Southampton in Britain, University of Sydney in Australia, and Surunari University in Thailand.