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Dalian Ocean University

Dalian Ocean University is the only multi-disciplinary higher education institution in northern China that features marine and aquatic disciplines, and the coordinated development of agriculture, engineering, science, management, literature, law, economics, and arts. The school was founded in 1952, formerly known as Northeast Fisheries Technical School. In 1958, it was upgraded to Dalian Fisheries Technical College, and in 1978 it was upgraded to Dalian Fisheries College. In 2000, it was transferred to Liaoning Province for management by the Ministry of Agriculture. In 2010, it was renamed Dalian Ocean University with the approval of the Ministry of Education.



The school is located in the beautiful coastal city of Dalian. There are three campuses: Huanghai Campus, Bohai Campus and Wafangdian Campus, covering an area of 740,000 square meters, with a sea area of 670,000 square meters for teaching and scientific research, and a total construction area of 400,000 square meters. The school now has 15 colleges and 1 teaching department. There are nearly 1,200 faculty members and more than 15,000 full-time students. There are 13 first-level discipline master degree authorization points, 47 second-level discipline master degree authorization points, and 12 master degree authorization fields, distributed in 6 categories, including agriculture, law, translation, civil engineering, machinery, and electronic information. 46 undergraduate majors. In 2017, the school was selected as the "Provincial First-Class University Key Construction University".


The school's discipline system is complete, with obvious advantages and characteristics. The first-level discipline of aquatic products is a "double first-class" construction discipline in Liaoning Province, and it ranks fourth in the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education. It has a national multidisciplinary collaborative innovation platform-Dalian Ocean University New Rural Development Research Institute.


The school continues to deepen the reform of education and teaching, and actively undertakes quality engineering projects and teaching research and teaching reform projects. "Give full play to the advantages of multiple disciplines and build a freshwater fisheries teaching system with its own characteristics" won the first prize of national excellent teaching achievements, "Research and practice on the reform of the teaching content, curriculum system and talent training mode of the aquaculture specialty (undergraduate) "Won the second prize of National Excellent Teaching Achievement. In the past two teaching achievement evaluations, he has won 25 provincial excellent teaching achievement awards, including 4 first prizes, 14 second prizes, and 7 third prizes. There is 1 national-level talent training model innovation experimental zone; 1 national-level experimental teaching demonstration center, 9 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration center construction projects, 4 provincial-level virtual simulation experiment teaching center construction projects; 1 national-level college student practice Educational base construction project, 14 provincial-level college students' practical education base construction project, 1 provincial-level college student innovation and entrepreneurship education base construction project, 1 provincial-level practical training base. Approved 1 national-level outstanding agricultural and forestry talent education and training plan reform pilot project, 1 national-level "new engineering" research and practice project, 1 national-level local university undergraduate professional comprehensive reform pilot major, 3 national-level characteristic majors, 1 A national first-class undergraduate construction site. 4 provincial first-class undergraduate education demonstration majors, 4 provincial undergraduate characteristic (demonstration) majors, 3 provincial undergraduate comprehensive reform pilot majors, 3 provincial undergraduate engineering talent training model reform pilot majors, 1 provincial undergraduate key Supporting majors; 9 provincial-level pilot majors for transforming to application-oriented, 3 provincial-level model majors for transforming to application-oriented; 1 provincial-level pilot major for undergraduate curriculum system internationalization; 1 provincial-level pilot major for innovation and entrepreneurship education reform; 8 Provincial-level first-class undergraduate construction site; a training base for undergraduate talents that is in short supply in Liaoning Province. One national quality course has been established, one national virtual simulation experiment teaching project, and three new agricultural science projects of the Ministry of Education. There are 22 provincial-level quality courses, 2 provincial-level virtual simulation experiment teaching projects, 4 provincial-level quality resource sharing courses, and 3 provincial-level quality video open courses.


The school has a relatively complete teaching and research platform. There is 1 Sea Cucumber Genetic Breeding Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1 National Seaweed Processing Technology Research and Development Sub-center, 1 Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1 Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, and the Northeast Asia Research Center for Marine Law and Policy of the Ministry of Education One, one China Fishery Law Enforcement Research and Consultation Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, one Collaborative Innovation Center of Liaoning Province, two major scientific and technological platforms for provincial universities, ten provincial key laboratories, four provincial engineering technology research centers, and There are 2 high-level engineering research centers, 1 provincial-level science and technology service center, 2 major scientific and technological platforms of provincial universities, 4 provincial key laboratories of universities, and 1 provincial regional economic development research key base.


The school's scientific and technological innovation capabilities have been continuously enhanced. Since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the school has undertaken more than 2,535 scientific research projects at all levels, including the National Key R&D Program, the National 863 Program, the National Science and Technology Support, the National Natural Science Foundation, and the National Marine Public Welfare Project, including 225 at the national level. 915 items at ministerial level. 68 scientific research achievements have been awarded at the municipal level and above, including 2 at the national level and 36 at the provincial and ministerial level. "Research and application of high-efficiency and clean aquaculture technology in seawater ponds" and "Comprehensive technology research and industrial application of sea cucumber healthy aquaculture" won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2012 and 2015, respectively. The "Research and Demonstration of Sea Cucumber Disease Occurrence Mechanism and Pollution-Free Prevention and Control Technology" hosted by the school won the second prize of Marine Science and Technology Award of the State Oceanic Administration in 2013; the school hosted the "Northern Typical Estuary Beach Biological Resource Restoration and Habitat Restoration" "Key Technology Research and Demonstration" won the second prize of Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 2014; the "Development of Sand Silkworm Biological Filter and Its Application in Marine Treasures Circulating Aquaculture" completed by the school won the second prize of Liaoning Provincial Technology Invention Award in 2015 ; "The construction and demonstration of modern marine ranching production model based on the entire industrial chain in the northern sea area based on the ecosystem" completed by the school won the second prize of Liaoning Science and Technology Progress Award in 2017; the "Northern Estuary Based on Resource Recovery of Multi-biological Functional Groups" completed "Wetland Ecological Restoration Engineering Technology Application and Demonstration" won the 2017 Liaoning Province Technology Invention Third Prize; the school hosted the completion of the "Nutrition and immune integrated regulation technology in the healthy breeding of sea cucumber application and promotion" won the 2018 Liaoning Province Science and Technology Progress III First prize; the “Research and Application of Healthy Cultivation Technology of Redfin Fugu” completed by the school won the first prize of Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 2019. The “Guidelines for Public Security Administration Law Enforcement Regulations” completed by the school won the third prize of the 2011-2012 Liaoning Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Achievement Award; the “Research on International Judicial Assistance in the Recovery of Proceeds of Corruption Crimes” completed by the school won the 2017 Liaoning Provincial Philosophy and Society The third prize of Scientific Achievement Award. In addition, the school has been approved for 4 new aquatic products: Sea urchin "Daijin", Philippine clam "Zebra clam", Philippine clam "White zebra clam" and Ezo scallop "Mingyue shell".


The school has a faculty with a relatively reasonable structure and full coverage of subject areas, with 869 full-time teachers and 414 with senior professional titles. At present, there are 5 "double-employed academicians", 1 winner of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 1 scientific and technological innovation leader of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 1 member of the State Council Fisheries Discipline Appraisal Group, 1 chief scientist of the National 863 Program, 2 candidates for the Ten Thousand Thousand Talents Project, 1 National Excellent Teacher, 1 New Century Excellent Talent Support Program of the Ministry of Education, 2 Deputy Directors and 2 Committee members of the Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, 3 outstanding agricultural scientific research talents of the Ministry of Agriculture, 5 experts in the industrial technology system of the Ministry of Agriculture, 1 climbing scholar in Liaoning, 5 distinguished professors in Liaoning, 2 outstanding scientific and technological workers in Liaoning, 17 special allowances from governments at all levels, scientific and technological innovation leaders in the "Xing Liao Talents Program" 1 There are 4 young top-notch talents in the "Xing Liao Talents Project", 1 leading talent in the "Xing Liao Talents Project", and 102 people selected into the Provincial One Hundred, Thousand Talents Project, of which 17 are at the level of 100 and 31 are at the level of 1,000. There are 51 outstanding talents in the provincial colleges and universities, 1 in the Liaoning Youth Science and Technology Award Top Ten Talents, 9 in the Provincial Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Talent Training Program, 27 provincial and municipal outstanding experts, 18 provincial university teaching teachers, provincial There are 7 professional leaders in colleges and universities, 3 leading talents and 7 leading reserve talents in Dalian, 2 outstanding young scientific and technological talents in Dalian, and 36 talents in Dalian Youth Science and Technology Star Cultivation Program. There are 1 national-level teaching team, 9 provincial-level teaching teams, 1 key field innovation team of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 3 agricultural scientific research innovation teams of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 6 agricultural science and technology innovation teams of Liaoning Province, and innovation teams of higher education institutions in Liaoning Province 5, and 1 high-level innovation and entrepreneurship team in the "Xing Liao Talents Program" of Liaoning Province.


The school has a strong blue educating atmosphere, and has formed a blue university cultural feature with the school motto of "learning through the rivers and seas, and the virtue of being generous" and the spirit of "inclusive and pursuing excellence" as the core of the Dahai University. The school actively advocates the teaching style of "being virtuous and knowledgeable, and being a teacher by others", and constantly nurturing the style of study of "being morally and learning and ambitious", carefully building the cultural brand project "Blue Forum", and owning the "Voice of the Ocean Chorus", etc. Various cultural, sports, and science and technology student associations regularly hold campus cultural festivals to continuously enrich the second-class science and technology and cultural activities, and the comprehensive quality of students is continuously improved.


The school has successively signed friendly agreements with 72 colleges and universities (institutions) in 13 countries (regions) in the world, covering Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania. The school’s external influence and international reputation have been continuously improved. The school vigorously develops international education. It has the “3+1” cooperation of New Zealand’s Otago Institute of Technology to hold undergraduate education programs in mechanical design and manufacturing and its automation. Many colleges and universities hold inter-school exchanges and joint training programs, and successfully joined the "China-Thailand Higher Education Cooperation Alliance" in 2020, serving as a standing director of the Chinese side. The school actively responds to the "Belt and Road" initiative, recruiting and training various models and levels of international students in China. The student source involves Japan, South Korea, Russia, Bangladesh, Equatorial Guinea and other countries.


Standing at a new historical starting point, the school will fully implement the strategic deployment of “realizing the connotative development of higher education” and “accelerating the construction of a maritime power” proposed by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Accelerate progress with the goal of "a national first-class research and application-oriented ocean university with distinctive characteristics"!