Haiyang University, located in Shanghai, 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 "double-class" university. It has successively been selected into the Education and Training Plan for Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents of the Ministry of Education, the National Postgraduate Program for High-level University Construction, the National Key Discipline Project, the Shanghai High-level Local University Construction Plan, the National New Agricultural Research Reform Practice Project, the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Plan, the National Experience-oriented University for Graduate Employment, the China Municipal Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Foreign Students in China, the first batch of overall pilot schools for ideological and political education and teaching reform in Shanghai, the first batch of demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in Shanghai, and the first batch of Shanghai-level new engineering research reform practice projects.
According to the information of official website in May 2023, the school has two campuses, namely, Hucheng Ring Road Campus and Simon Road Campus. There are also 386 mu of coastal base and 56.7 mu of Xiangshan science and education base. The main campus, Hucheng Ring Road Campus, covers an area of 1.600 mu. There are 14 colleges (departments) and 44 undergraduate majors; There are 3 postdoctoral research stations, 4 first-class doctoral programs, 3 first-class master programs 1, two disciplines master programs1and 7 professional master programs. There are nearly 12000 full-time undergraduates, more than 5000 full-time graduate students and more than 500 faculty members.