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Ocean University of China

Under the direct administration of the State Ministry of Education (MOE), Ocean University of China (Ocean University of China) is a comprehensive university with particular strengths in oceanography and fisheries science. Ocean University of China offers courses in Science, Engineering, Agronomy (Fisheries), Pharmaceutics, Economics, Management, Liberal Arts, Law, Education, History, and Art. Ocean University of China has been approved as one of the national key universities included in the list of “Project 985” (for China’s top 40 universities) and “Project 211” (for China’s top 100 universities). Ocean University of China is one of the first universities approved to confer PhD degrees, Master’s degrees and Bachelor’s degrees by the State Academic Degree Committee. Ocean University of China has three campuses: Yushan Campus、Fushan Campus and Laoshan Campus. The motto of Ocean University of China is “Ocean Embraces All Streams; Exploring Promises Reaching Far.”

Ocean University of China is the cradle of China’s marine professionals, and it has graduated a large number of competent specialists in marine science for China. 70 percent of Ph.D. holders in oceanography and fisheries in China graduated from Ocean University of China. The first scientist to reach the South Pole, the first Chinese scientist to investigate the South Pole on foot and the first Chinese scientist to reach both the North and South Poles all graduated from Ocean University of China. 68 percent of the winners of National Foundation Awards for Distinguished Young Researchers in oceanography and 46 percent of the winners of National Foundation Awards for Distinguished Young Researchers in fisheries graduated from Ocean University of China.

Ocean University of China is recognized as the driving force of China’s marine research and application. Ocean University of China boasts a number of research institutions at national level, including National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China (under construction), Research Center for Marine Development of China, National Research Center for Marine Pharmaceutical Engineering Technology, etc. According to assessments by the Ministry of Education in 2012, oceanography、fisheries、food science and engineering、pharmaceutics of Ocean University of China ranked among China’s top 10 universities. Oceanography and fisheries ranked No1.

Ocean University of China adheres to the open education, and is implementing international strategy. So far, the university has established cooperative relations with over 170 institutions of higher learning and research institutes in more than 30 countries and regions. In 2004, the International Association of Marine-related Institutions (IAMR) was proposes and founded at Ocean University of China. In 2005, Ocean University of China joined in “Sino-US 10+10”, a joint program between 10 excellent universities in China and 10 prestigious universities in the UC system (University of California in the U.S.) In 2008, the Confucius Institute in Texas was jointly established by Ocean University of China and Texas A&M University. Besides, Ocean University of China has also established Sino-Australian Joint Research Centre for Coastal Management and Sino-Korean Research Center for Marine Development, etc.

The 21st century is an ocean-focused century. The developmental goal of Ocean University of China is to build a high-level university with international visibility, so as to lay an initial foundation for a research-oriented university as Ocean University of China approaches its 100th anniversary. By 2025, Ocean University of China will be further developed into a top-level comprehensive research university with strong emphasis in marine sciences. By the middle of this century (or maybe longer), Ocean University of China will vigorously press ahead with reform and innovation, while implementing a strategy to make China strong by further developing the ocean, in order to become a world-class university with distinct characteristics by achieving a rapid and sustainable development.