Guangdong Ocean University

Zhanjiang Ocean University (ZOU) was established on Jan.10,1997. It was located at Huguangyan, the famous scenic lake at the outskirts of the port-city of Zhanjiang in southeastern Guangdong Province. The university incorporates the former 68-year-old Fisheries Institute and the 45-year-old Agricultural College of Zhanjiang. ZOU is a multidisciplinary ocean university with marine and aquatic sciences as the leading subjects and science, engineering, agriculture, economics and management as subordinated disciplines. In addition to its main task of providing college-degree education, ZOU also offers postgraduate degree and PH.D courses. The applied sciences specialities are the dominant disciplines, while the basic course subjects are subordinated to these. ZOU is one of the universities designated as key projects in Guangdong Province, and the total enrolment of full-time students is 18,000 and will amount to 30,000 by 2010.