Founded in 1912, the university has been a fisheries higher education institution, known as Jiangsu Provincial Fisheries School, founded by Zhang Jian and Huang Yanpei. In 1952, it became Shanghai Fisheries College and then was renamed Shanghai Ocean University in 2008. Today it enrolls approximately 12,098 undergraduate students and 5,700 graduate students. The university consists of 14 colleges and offers degree programs at undergraduate and graduate levels in some 44 disciplines.[3]
Administration and organization
College of Fisheries and Life Science
College of Marine Science
Shenyuan Science and Technology Research Center
Pelagic Fisheries College
College of Marine Ecology and Environment
College of Engineering Science and Technology
College of Food Science and Technology
College of Information Technology
College of Economics and Management
College of Foreign Languages
College of Marine Culture and Law
AIEN Institute
Department of Physical Education and Sport
School of Marxism
Academics
5 disciplines of Shanghai Ocean University (Plant and Animal Science, Agricultural Science, Environment/Ecology, Engineering, and Biology & Biochemistry) have entered the world’s top 1% of the ClarivateEssential Science Indicators (ESI) international discipline ranking. [4][5][6] In 2016, it sponsored an open access journal Aquaculture and Fisheries, the first English journal of fisheries science in China Mainland, cooperating with Elsevier and KeAi Publishing.
The university takes the nationwide lead in such academic fields as Ichthyology, Aquatic Animal Proliferation and Breeding, Fish Diseases Prevention, Fish Nutrition and Feeds, Fish Species and Quality Resources, Seaweed Cells Engineering, Fishing Gear and Methodology, Fishery Machinery, Preservation and Management of Fishery Resources, Fishery Regulations and Policy, Fishery Economics, Biological Technology, Marine Ecology, Food Science and Engineering, Refrigeration and Cryogenics. [7][8][9]
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Shanghai Ocean University has made agreeable advances in international cooperation and communication. It has enrolled many international students who are pursuing doctorate or graduate and undergraduate degrees. As for the training courses and further education, subjects such as Chinese Techniques of Aquatic Breeding, Development of Marine Fishery and Preservation of Fishery Resources, Chinese Language, Chinese Traditional Culture have formed their own features and gained their own advantages. Up to now, the university has established long-term academic cooperation with more than 40 foreign institutions of higher education and research.
Campuses
Main Campus - Shanghai Ocean University, Pudong (Lingang Campus): 999 Hucheng Ring Road, Pudong, Shanghai, P.R.China (Zip Code: 201306)
"教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知"[Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines]. 中华人民共和国教育部.