Guangdong Ocean University Located in the coastal city of Zhanjiang, the university is one of the key construction universities of Guangdong Province jointly built by the people's Government of Guangdong Province and the State Oceanic Administration. It is a multi-disciplinary Ocean University characterized by the disciplines of ocean, aquatic products and food, with the coordinated development of science, engineering, agriculture, arts, economics, management, law, education and art, and with the application disciplines as the main body. It is a university with a complete degree authorization system of "bachelor, master and doctor". It is also a key discipline construction project of high-level universities in Guangdong Province.The predecessor of the school is Guangdong Provincial senior fisheries vocational school, which was founded in 1935. On January 10, 1997, Zhanjiang Fisheries College and Zhanjiang Agricultural College merged to form Zhanjiang Ocean University. In December 2001, Zhanjiang meteorological school, a national key technical secondary school, was incorporated. On June 15, 2005, with the approval of the Ministry of education, Zhanjiang Ocean University was renamed Guangdong Ocean University.As of January 2020, the university has Huguang Campus (Headquarters), Xiashan campus and seaside campus, with a total area of 4892 mu, of which the main campus covers an area of 4083 mu. The total building area of the school is 779300 square meters, the library has a collection of 3.175 million books (including e-books), the value of teaching and scientific research equipment is 390 million yuan, and the value of fixed assets is about 1.81 billion yuan. The school has 19 secondary colleges, 1 independent college, 77 undergraduate majors and 39 Higher Vocational Majors. There are nearly 33000 full-time undergraduates, postgraduates and international students, 21000 independent colleges and 11000 adult higher education students.