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.

Professor Dong Shuanglin, Vice President of the Ocean University of China (OUC) met a Russian delegation from Far East Federal University led by Dr. Yelena, assistant to the President, exchanging ideas on how to deepen mutual understanding and extending fields of cooperation.

Prof. Li Huajun, vice president of the Ocean University of China (OUC),met with a delegation from Dalhousie University on June 11, 2015, at the Laoshan Campus. Both sides discussed how to expand cooperation between the two institutions.

Prof. Li Weiran, vice president of the Ocean University of China (OUC), welcomed Prof. Putlitz, former rector of Heidelberg University, as well as Mr. Li Peng, deputy secretary-general of Society for Germany Studies of Qingdao, on July 11, 2015 at the Yuchan Campus.

The 1st International Marine Microbiology Conference (IMMC) was held from May 22 until May 25, 2015, in Qingdao. Jointly hosted by Ocean University of China (OUC) and several other institutions, this academic event invited 22 experts from home and abroad, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Japan to deliver keynote speeches.