February 2009 19. According to the 2023 spring semester calendar published by China Ocean University, students registered for the spring semester on February 19, and started classes on February 20th. China Ocean University (OUC), located in Qingdao, Shandong Province, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, ranking among the national "Double First-class", "985 Project" and "21/Project".