OUC and the University of East Anglia (UEA) established the Sino-UK Joint Research Center in 2013 to promote cutting-edge research and teaching to tackle challenges of global significance. The center serves as a bridge between OUC and universities in the UK. It has witnessed fruitful cooperation in academic exchanges, research and joint education. Building on past collaborations, OUC and UEA established the Strategic Alliance in Integrative Ocean Science in 2014 and became each other’s strategic

Led by OUC and the University of Bergen (UiB), the China-Norway Marine University Consortium Alliance is a collaborative innovation platform for research and education focused on marine and maritime fields, jointly established by marine and maritime universities of China and Norway. It aims to expand Sino-Norwegian cooperation in talent training, research, technology transfer, and cultural exchanges. With the support from the education ministries of China and Norway, the Alliance held its inaugu

Twenty Years ago, with the proposal of a few marine-related universities, the International Alliance of Marine-related Institutions (IAMRI) was established in 2004 and decided to place its secretariat in Ocean University of China.IAMRI is an international Marine-related higher education and research network which made up of 22 universities or institutions from 18 different countries. The main purpose of IAMRI is to activate and reinforce the international cooperation of Marine-related Institutio

The Center for Korean Studies, established in 2007, is a university-level research institute affiliated to OUC. It is engaged in academic research on Sino-Korean relations, Korean history, culture, politics, economy, language, and literature, facilitates exchanges among experts. It contributes to academic and cultural exchanges between China and the Republic of Korea and to the friendship between the two peoples. Its research areas include the exchanges of maritime culture and the origin of Kore

The Japan Research Center of Ocean University of China is the only comprehensive Japanese research institution in Shandong. It has made important research achievements in such fields as Sino-Japanese relations and cultural exchanges, Japanese language and literature, translation studies, Japanese history and culture, Sino-Japanese ocean and island issues, and Japanese politics and diplomacy. In 2016, the center was among the first group of think tanks to be included in the Chinese Think Tank Ind

The Research Center for Shandong-ASEAN Exchanges and Cooperation is a provincial platform for international cooperation, established by OUC with the approval of the Department of Education and the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government in December 2020. The center is a new measure of OUC to serve the Belt Road Initiative. It focuses on higher education in fisheries, conducting analysis of higher education information in ASEAN countries. In talent cultivation, the “Top

The Polar Research Centre was established at OUC in 2009. It is committed to becoming a core think tank on national polar law and strategy and a hub for talent of national marine and polar management. It provides authoritative policy consultations and up-to-date analysis on national polar legislation and policy formulation, and produces influential consultancy reports. It endeavors to become an internationally renowned interdisciplinary research center with Chinese characteristics focusing on po

Authorized by the Education Department and Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong province, the centre was established in 2020 with the aim of promoting the internationalization of education in Shandong. Based at OUC, the center brings together the strengths of OUC’s School of International Affairs and Public Administration and Law School. Its research fields and collaborative projects range across American education, legal system, political science, and culture. Its purpose is to facilitate the rel

Established in 2022, the Secretariat for International Cooperation in Multidisciplinary Polar Research (SICMPC) serves as a platform for academic exchanges between OUC and foreign universities and research institutions to promote international cooperation in polar research. SICMPC is engaged in improving understanding of changes in the Arctic and Antarctic and their global impacts based on multidisciplinary research. SICMPC organizes international cooperation in polar science, carrying out coope

UMT-OUC Joint Academic Centre for Marine Studies was jointly established by OUC and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) in October 2019. Centering on marine science, the Joint Centre gathers advantageous resources of biological oceanography and other academic disciplines. Through collaborations in research, project implementation, personnel exchange, joint training and scientific investigation, the Joint Centre promotes the bilateral research and education cooperation in marine life sciences, a

Sino-Thai Academic Center on Marine and Fishery Sciences was jointly established in November 2017 by OUC and Kasetsart University (KU). It is one of the most important international platforms for OUC to cooperate with ASEAN. The center brings together multi-disciplinary resources of oceanography, fisheries, food science, medicine and marine life science. The goal of the center is to strengthen exchanges between China and Thailand, enhance the vitality of scientific and educational innovation, an

Sars-Fang Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, located at OUC, performs basic research in evolutionary and developmental biology using various model organisms. It was jointly established by OUC and UiB, and it is operated with an advanced model of management. The center is affiliated to the Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (OUC), Ministry of Education. The research groups of the center seek to understand the fundamental evolutionary and developmental biology process, using cutting-

OUC and the University of Arizona (UA) established the OUC-UA Joint Research Center in 2019, with the shared vision of promoting academic research and educational opportunities through international collaboration. The center serves as a key platform for promoting academic and educational exchanges and collaboration between OUC and UA. It facilitates the routine communication and sharing of information and expertise between OUC and UA in all areas of mutual interests, and promotes educational, re

The Sino-Australian Research Consortium for Coastal Management (SARCCM) is an international research institute jointly established by OUC and the University of New South Wales in Australia. It carries out interdisciplinary research in areas of humanities and social sciences related to the ocean, and highlights comparative research in addition to basic and applied research. Since its establishment in November 2010, SARCCM has hosted events such as the annual seminar on Sino-Australian cooperation