Universities and Colleges in Qingdao - Ocean University of China, Qingdao University, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (Paperback)

Chapters: Ocean University of China, Qingdao University, Qingdao University of Science and Technology. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Ocean University of China (simplified Chinese: pinyin: Zhngguo Haiyang Daxue, local: or Haida), located in Qingdao, is one of the key comprehensive universities under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It consists of such branches of learning as science, engineering, agronomy (fishery), economics, literature, medical science(pharmaceutics), philosophy and law. The university is especially renowned for its marine sciences and fishery sciences, The university was first set up in 1924 as a private institution, and with the founding of Shandong College of Oceanology () in 1959, became one of the thirteen national key universities in October 1960. In January 1988, it was renamed Ocean University of Qingdao, and Deng Xiaoping wrote the name of the university in his own calligraphic style to mark the occasion. In October 2002, it was renamed Ocean University of China with the authorization from the Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China. The university's main campus is situated on a hill with a view of the sea in a scenic area of Qingdao, a coastal city with a temperate climate, in Shandong province. With its main campus (Yushan, considered the most beautiful one) in Shinan District and the sub-campus Fushan in the Laoshan District, the university covers an area of more than 733,000 m with a floor space of 230,000 m . A new larger campus named Laoshan in the Laoshan District was opened in the fall of 2006. Ocean University of China is one of the first universities authorized by the State Council's Academic Degree Committee to confer doctoral, master...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=505985