Ocean university of China (OUC) is a comprehensive university under the direct administration of the State Ministry of Education, which offers courses in Science, Engineering, Agronomy (fisheries), Economics, Liberal Arts, Pharmaceutics, Management, and Law, etc. This University is especially renowned for its disciplines in Oceanography and Fisheries and approved as one of the universities with “Project 211” and "Project 985" for the intensive construction of their key disciplines.

The University occupies an area of 3100 Chinese hectares with a total classroom and office space of 340 thousand square meters with Colleges (Schools) of physics and Environmental Oceanography, Information Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Management, Economics, Foreign Language, Arts, Law, Environmental Science and Technology, Adult Education, Applied Technology, International Education and Public Administration, etc.

As one of the first universities approved to confer degrees on all levels and also approved by the State Academic Degree Committee to entitle PH.D. supervisors, OUC now provides 7 programs for post-doctoral research, and is entitled to authorize the programs leading to Dorate degrees in Oceanography, Fisheries, Environmental Science and Engineering, OUC also offers programs for Masters degree in engineering as well as 1Masters degree program in agricultural promotion in 6 areas of engineering. The University owns 5 national key disciplines as Physical Oceanography, Marine Chemistry, Marine Biology, Aquatic Product Processing & Preservation Engineering and Aquaculture as well as 1 National Research Center for Marine Pharmaceutical Engineering Technology, one UNESCO Chinese Center of Marine Biotechnology, 3 Key Laboratories of the State Ministry of Education in the disciplines of Physical Oceanography, Ocean Remote Sensing and Acquacture, as well as 9 provincial level key disciplines and 6 Environmental Oceanography, Marine Biology, Fisheries, Marine Pharmaceuticals and Ocean Remote Sensing, which provide posts of professorship of “Cheung kong Scholars Programs ”. OUC was the first university approved by the State as the base for fundamental scientific research and teaching staff training in Oceanography, Marine Chemistry and Life Science & technology.

The University has over 20,200 registered students, including 4000 Doctoral or Masters degree students, over 9,400 undergraduates and 1000 international students. OUC has currently a total number of more than 2,100 teachers, researchers and laboratory technicians. Among them there are 360 professor, 420 associate professors and lab technicians, as well as quite a few nation- wide or world-recognized experts and scholars including 2 Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences,4 Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 160 PH.D. supervisors. Mr. WANG Meng, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association as well as a famous modern Chinese writer, is one of our professors, advisors and also the Dean of our College of Arts.

The University boasts an advanced laboratory center, which has over 70 laboratories for teaching and experiments, occupies a total area of 10,000 square meter. We also have “Dong Fang Hong 2 ”, a research vessel with a displacement of 3,5000 tons. The ship can be used for both teaching and scientific research. The University Library has been approved as one of the 15 centers for The Latest Literature Search by the State Ministry of Education. The Academic Journal of Ocean University of China in editions of both natural science and social science are periodically issued in China and abroad, and the Universitys publishing house has produced great number of excellent books during the past few years. OUC also has grand campus internet system and it is one of the 38 main nodes of the Chinese education network, which connects universities and colleges all over the country.

Taking the advantages of Chinas entry into WTO, OUC is taking active part in the domestic and international competition, striding forward to the goal of being an internationally famous high-level compressive research university with strong characteristics in Marine Science and Fisheries.