China Ocean University: Formerly known as Qingdao Ocean University, located in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Founded in 1924, it was renamed China Ocean University in 2002. The school is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, one of the key universities under the national "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project", the first batch of units with the right to award doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees approved by the the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, and the first batch of pilot universities for the reform of the national education and training plan for outstanding talents in agriculture and forestry.