Under the direct administration of the State Ministry of Education (MOE), Ocean University of China (OUC) is a national key comprehensive university with particular strengths in oceanography and fisheries science. OUC offers courses in Science, Engineering, Agronomy (Fisheries), Pharmaceutics, Economics, Management, Liberal Arts, Law, Education, History, and Art. There are 17 colleges and one Teaching Center for Fundamental Courses, and one Department of Social Sciences.

OUC boasts 12 post-doctoral research programs, 81 academic disciplines (majors) authorized to offer Doctorate degrees, 193 disciplines (majors) for Master’s degrees, and 69 undergraduate programs. OUC 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 OUC. 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 OUC. 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 OUC.

China Ocean University is a marine and aquatic disciplines featured significant, wide range of disciplines of the Ministry of Education directly under the key comprehensive university, "National 985 Project " and "211 Project " Key Universities, 2017 Nian 9 was elected to the State , " a world-class University Construction University " ( Class A ).

The school motto is "Hainanchuanchuan, take the distance."

The school was founded in 1924 years, the period after the private school of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, National Shandong University, Shandong University, in 1959 developed into the Shandong College of Oceanography years, 1960 was identified as the country's national 13 one of the key comprehensive university, In 1988 it was renamed Qingdao Ocean University, and in 2002 it was renamed China Ocean University.

The school has Laoshan campus, fish and Fushan Hill Campus Campus 3 campuses, covers an area of 2400 acres, is under construction on the West Coast campus. It has 19 colleges and 1 base-teaching center. There are more than 27,300 full-time students , including more than 15,000 undergraduates, more than 10,400 graduate students, and more than 1,900 doctoral students . There are 3678 faculty members , including 1814 full-time teachers , 443 doctoral supervisors , 615 senior professional and technical personnel, 799 associate senior professional and technical personnel , 5 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 9 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering . Famous writer Wang Meng served as school consultant, honorary dean of the School of Literature and Journalism, former director of the State Oceanic Administration Wang Shuguang was employed as school consultant, honorary dean of Ocean Development Institute, and internationally renowned physicist Qian Zhirong was employed as school consultant and specially-appointed professor 14 famous writers such as Mo Yan, Dean of Xingyuan College and Nobel Prize winner in literature were hired as " School Writers " .

The school aims to cultivate high-quality innovative talents with comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, art, and labor, with a national spirit and a sense of social responsibility, with an international perspective and a sense of cooperation and competition, with a scientific spirit and humanistic literacy, and with an innovative consciousness and practical ability. Leading talents and backbones of the national marine industry are special missions. The school follows the undergraduate education philosophy of "general knowledge as a body, professional as a use", implements a limited condition of independent course selection system and academic identification and graduation professional identification and confirmation system, and strives to cultivate composite, high-quality personnel. Fourteen of the graduates have been elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and three have successively served as directors of the State Oceanic Administration . More than half of the 75 scientists who participated in the first Antarctic expedition in China were graduates of the school.

The school has 3 teaching and scientific research ships, including the new 5000 -ton deep-sea comprehensive scientific research training ship " Dongfang Red 3" , the 3500 -ton marine comprehensive scientific research training ship " Dongfang Red 2" , and the 300 -ton " "Angel 1" scientific research transportation supply ship has formed an integrated marine mobile laboratory system from offshore, offshore to deep and distant seas and radiates to the polar regions, and has first-class marine field observation capabilities. The school is the main supporting unit of Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Pilot National Laboratory. It hosts the work of two functional laboratories , including “ Marine Dynamics Process and Climate ” and “ Marine Drugs and Biological Products ” , and participates in the other six functional laboratories as a backbone Building.

School of Earth Sciences, Botany and Zoology, Engineering Technology, Chemistry, Materials Science, Agronomy, Biology and Biochemistry, Environment and Ecology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 9 disciplines (fields) among the US ESI Global Scientific Research Institutions Top 1% . National technology invention award 1 , two prize 3 items, Natural Science Award 2 items, Science and Technology Progress Award 9 items; " second five " since, presided over the national various projects 1700 remainder, won provincial science and technology award 59 items Humanities and Social Sciences award 68 items were SCI , EI , ISTP included three major systems included papers 22000 more than papers, apply for patents for inventions 2586 items authorized invention patents 1245 , of which international invention patents 34 Xiang .

The school's development goals are: by 2020 , it will basically build an internationally renowned and distinguished high-level research university; by 2030 , it will build a world-class comprehensive ocean university; by the middle of this century, it will build a world-class university with distinctive characteristics.