Ningbo University, referred to as "Ningda", is located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. It is a university co-founded by China people, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Provincial People's Government and Ningbo Municipal People's Government. It is a university jointly established by the State Oceanic Administration and the Ningbo Municipal People's Government. It is a national "double first-class" construction university and the first batch of key construction universities in Zhejiang Province.

Cultural traditions:

School motto: seek truth from facts and apply what you have learned.

The word "seeking truth from facts" comes from the biography of Han Jiang Xian Wang written by Ban Gu, which means proceeding from reality, exploring the truth, grasping the law and being brave in innovation.

"Practicing the world" is a profound method of learning for the world put forward by Huang Zongxi of East Zhejiang School. Cheng Gang, secretary of the Party Committee of Ningbo University, believes that "seeking truth from facts, seeking truth and being pragmatic" has far-reaching implications and rich connotations, which embodies the regional cultural characteristics of Ningbo and the school-running philosophy and tradition of Ningda. "Seeking truth from facts, being pragmatic" was inscribed on 1988 by the famous calligrapher Mr. Sha Menghai, which had a great influence on teachers, students, alumni and all walks of life.

Postgraduate education is a kind of national education, which is generally carried out by ordinary universities with master's and doctoral degrees. After graduation, a graduate student can also be called a graduate student, which means a person with a graduate education.

In China, graduate students are divided into master students and doctoral students. According to different degrees, it can be divided into academic graduate students and professional graduate students. Academic graduate students generally refer to graduate students with academic degrees and established according to disciplines. They are oriented to academic research, emphasize theory and research, and mainly train university teachers and researchers in scientific research institutions.