China Ocean University belongs to the national key universities of 2 1 1 and 985, directly under the Ministry of Education, with almost no local jurisdiction.

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China Ocean University China Ocean University, formerly known as Qingdao Ocean University, was founded in 1924 and renamed as 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", and one of the first units approved by the the State Council Academic Degrees Committee to confer doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees.