A two-week OUC-UCLA workshop on instructional development was held from August 9 until August 22, 2015, at University of California at Los Angeles. College deans/deputy deans in charge of teaching and learning from Ocean University of China participated in the workshop.

A delegation from Ocean University of China (OUC) led by Prof. Yu Zhigang, President of OUC, visited the Commonwealth of the Bahamas（the Bahamas）July 27-29, 2015, to discuss with the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) issues concerning the implementation of the cooperation intention concluded by the two sides in January 2015, when Mr. Perry Christie, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, visited China.

Chinese boxer Li Qian won the silver medal in the women's 75kg final at an international boxing competition in Erzurum, Turkey. A student of Ocean University of China (OUC), the silver-medalist is also an athlete of the OUC boxing team. She was representing China in the tournament.

Approved by the CPC committee of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Mr. Ju Chuanjin was appointed secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) committee of Ocean University of China (OUC) on Sept. 8, 2015.

The10thSino-GermanSummerWorkshoponMarineSciences,sponsoredbySino-GermanCenterforResearchPromotion,washeldinBremenonSeptember7,2015.Thethemeofthe14-dayworkshopwas“theSustainableDevelopmentofCoastalZone--OpportunityandChallenge”.Duringtheworkshop,facultymem

At the invitation of three universities in Europe, a delegation from Ocean University of China (OUC) led by President Yu Zhigang started a 10-day collaboration-seeking trip to the University of Bremen (UB) in Germany, University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK and University of Vigo in Spain from July 14 to July 23, 2015.

Prof. Wu Lixin, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is a physical oceanographer with Ocean University of China (OUC), has been recently appointed by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) as the first director of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology.

Prof. Dong Shuanglin, Vice President of Ocean University of China (OUC), met with a delegation from University College Cork (UCC) led by Prof. Paul Giller, Senior Vice President Academic, on July 16, 2015 at the Yushan campus.

TheQingdaoMunicipalGovernmenthasrecentlyawarded196peoplethetitleofTop-notchProfessionalsin2014,includingthreeprofessorsandonebusinessCEOfromOceanUniversityofChina(OUC).ThefourawardeesfromOUCareProf.KangJiandong,Prof.QujinliangandProf.ChenXue’en,aswellasMr

AccordingtothelateststatisticsreleasedbytheESIdatabaseonJuly9,2015,OUChasreachedthetop1%ofthemost-citeduniversitiesandscientificinstitutionsinthefieldofpharmacology/toxicology.Atpresent,thereare719researchinstitutesamongthisrank,with30universitiesinmainla

Professor Li Huajun, vice president of Ocean University of China (OUC) met with Dr. Marcia Salazar-Valentine, executive director of international programs & partnerships office of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) on June 23, 2015 at the Laoshan campus, to discuss possibilities of cooperation in student mobility and other academic exchange activities between the two universities.

International Symposium on Tropical Ocean and Climate was held in Qingdao, China, from June 15 to June 17, 2015, by the Qingdao Innovative Collaboration Center of Marine Science and Technology and the Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, MOE, with contributions from the Qingdao National Oceanography Laboratory.

Professor Li Huajun, vice president of Ocean University of China (OUC), met with a delegation from University of Namibia led by Professor Osmund Mwandemele, pro-vice-chancellor of University of Namibia on June 16, 2015 at the Yushan campus.

The Ocean University of China (OUC)welcomed an Australian delegation led by Professor Nancy Cromar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University on May 27th. Professor Li Huajun, Vice President of OUC met the visiting delegation at Laoshan Campus.