The teaching and research building of Ocean University 16000 square meters has10/large comprehensive laboratories, including chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry and molecular biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, cell biology, marine resources and environment, marine engineering technology, aquatic animal nutrition and disease prevention and control, and marine biological products and safety, among which the laboratory/kloc. The college has more than 20 off-campus practice bases, and good experimental conditions provide a strong guarantee for improving the scientific research level of the college, and also provide a good platform for cultivating students' innovative and practical ability. The college encourages college students to innovate in science and technology. The number of college students' scientific and technological projects accounts for 1/3 ~ 1/2 of the total campus, and has won the National Youth Science and Technology Award (the only award for undergraduates in Shandong Province that year), the National Silver Award in the Challenge Cup Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, and the National Third Prize in the Challenge Cup Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition for College Students. With a solid theoretical foundation and practical ability, graduates of Ocean University are very popular. Many graduates go to world-class universities in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and other countries to study, and some students receive full direct scholarships. The undergraduate enrollment rate has remained at around 50% for many years, and the proportion of students admitted to key universities and scientific research institutions such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Natural Resources has reached over 90%.

The College has actively carried out research and development related to marine disciplines, undertaken and completed a number of national R&D key projects, national natural science foundation and international cooperation key projects, national agricultural transfer fund projects and a large number of projects entrusted by enterprises or local governments. The total amount of scientific research funds has remained above10,000 yuan for many years, actively serving the regional economic development with the blue economic zone as the core.