A copy. The enrollment batches of Shanghai Ocean University in most provinces in China are undergraduate or advanced batches, which belong to the ranks of a university. Shanghai Ocean University is a university jointly established by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, the State Oceanic Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It is a national first-class university, and has been selected into the education and training plan of outstanding agricultural and forestry talents of the Ministry of Education, the graduate program of national construction of high-level universities, and key disciplines with national characteristics.