Established in 1924, the Private Qingdao University (now known as Ocean University of China) was the very first modern institution of higher education established by the Chinese in Shandong Province. Forty engineering and business students enrolled in the university’s inaugural year, and undertook their education on the site of the former German Bismarck Barracks, on what is now the university’s picturesque Yushan campus. The university adhered then, as it does now, to the aim of imparting expert knowledge and cultivating talented professionals to meet the needs of the country.