It is neither 985 nor 2 1 1, but a national "double-class" university. According to official website of Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai Ocean University is a university approved by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the State Oceanic Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. On September 20 17, it was selected into the National "World-class Discipline Construction University", the Education and Training Program for Outstanding Agricultural and Forestry Talents of the Ministry of Education, the National High-level University Postgraduate Program, the National "Key Discipline Project with Characteristics", the first batch of overall pilot schools for ideological and political education reform in Shanghai, and the first batch of pilot schools for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship in Shanghai.