On February 20, 2019，Prof. Susanne Leist, Vice President of the University of Regensburg (UR), and Prof. Werner Kunz of the Institute of Physics and Theoretical Chemistry visited Ocean University of China (OUC). OUC’s Assistant President Yu Li received the guests in Xingyuan Building, Laoshan Campus.

OnFebruary19,2019,theAlfredP.SloanFoundationannouncedthewinnerslistof2019SloanResearchFellowshipswith126youngscientistsonit.LiuWei,analumnusofOceanUniversityofChina(OUC),isoneoftheeightfellowshiprecipientsinoceansciences.TheSloanResearchFellowshipsareknownasapositivesignforNobelPrize.ThisisthesecondyearinarowforOUCalumnitobegrantedthisfellowship.In2018,LiangXin,anassistantprofessorattheUniversityofSouthFlorida,receivedthefellowship,thefirstamongOUC’salumni.ThesehonorsdemonstratetheprogressOUChas

On October 30, 2018, Director Russell T. Hill of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), University of Maryland, led a delegation to Ocean University of China (OUC). Vice President Yan Ju received the guests at the Academic Exchange Center and the two sides engaged in a discussion about student exchanges and research cooperation.

From October 29 to 30, the 2018 Ceremony of the Qilu Friendship Award was held in the city of Weihai, at which Prof. Thomas Bianchi, a Foreign Expert at Ocean University of China (OUC) and Professor of University of Florida, was presented with the award.

On October 23, 2018, Pro Vice-Chancellor Qing-Long Han of Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) visited Ocean University of China (OUC). Prof. Li Huajun, Academician and OUC’s Vice President, received the guests, and the two sides engaged in a discussion about joint education and research cooperation.　

On October 22, 2018, President Park Han-il of Korea Maritime and Ocean University (KMOU) led a delegation to Ocean University of China (OUC). President Yu Zhigang received the guests.

On October 12, 2018, Director Margaret Leinen of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) visited Ocean University of China (OUC). Vice President Yan Ju received the guests in the fourth conference room of the Xingyuan Building, and the two sides engaged in an in-depth discussion about the joint education program for graduate students.

On October 12, 2018, Chris McEntee, Executive Director of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), led a delegation to Ocean University of China (OUC). President Yu Zhigang and Vice President Yan Ju received the guests in the Xingyuan Buiding, and the two sides engaged in a discussion about cooperation.

From September 30 to October 2, 2018, President Yu Zhigang of Ocean University of China (OUC), at the invitation of Prof. Piotr Gwizdala, Rector of University of Gdańsk (UG), and Mr. Jacek Namiesnik, Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), led a delegation to these two Polish universities and signed cooperative agreements with them.

From September 27 to 28, 2018, President Yu Zhigang of Ocean University of China (OUC), at the invitation of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK) and the National Technical University of Ukraine (NTUU), led a delegation to these two famous universities in Ukraine, to expand cooperation along the Belt and Road and to explore ways to develop and share high-quality higher education resources.

On August 30, 2018, Prof. Taejun Han, Acting President of Ghent University Global Campus (GUGC) led a delegation to Ocean University of China (OUC). Vice President Li Huajun received the guests and the two sides had a meeting.

From August 26 to 27, 2018, the University of Arizona (UA) delegation visited Ocean University of China (OUC) and attended the orientation activities of the class of 2018 under the joint law program between UA and OUC. The two sides engaged in a discussion about deepening comprehensive cooperation in teaching and research.

From August 13 to August 24, 2018, the 2018 Global Ocean Summer Program was held at Ocean University of China (OUC) following an opening ceremony, with thirty students from Australia, Egypt, Nigeria, Bahamas, Ukraine, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Korea and China participating in this program.

On July 3, 2018, Academician Li Huajun, Vice President of Ocean University of China (OUC) met with Deputy Director Guy Masters of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), Professor Philip Gilmartin, Pro-vice-chancellor of University of East Anglia (UEA) and Vice Chancellor Nor Aieni Hj. Mokhtar of University of Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) during the Global Ocean Summit 2018 at the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao).