In order to construct traversable characteristics in aquaculture and marine science and technology fields, Dalian Ocean University (DOU) came into vicinity as a subordinate to the Northeastern Fishery Technology School. The Northeastern Fishery Technology School intervened in the education market in 1952 with the vision to make continuous efforts for the betterment of the Dalian and Liaoning regional economic and social structure in addition to the development of national oceanic and aquaculture enterprise. Later in 1958, Dalian Fisheries Academy was established, followed by the inception of Dalian Fisheries University in 1978. From operating under the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, DOU started to operate under the direct administration of Liaoning Province in 2000. DOU is situated in the beautiful coastal city of Dalian in northern China. It is the university housing a wide diversity of disciplines that include agriculture, engineering, science, management, arts, law, economics, and many more. At present, DOU has Yellow Sea Campus, the Bohai Sea Campus and the Wafangdian campus.
Dalian’s Unique Approach to Education
Stringently operating under the DOU administration are eighteen schools and two education departments. The university has four key disciplines at the provincial and ministerial level, one provincial highlevel key discipline, fisheries and two provincial characteristics sub-disciplines, hydrobiology/animal genetics and breeding/reproduction. There is one provincial philosophy/social science key discipline offered by this university. Overall, there are 11 disciplines and 30 sub-disciplines that are recognized master’s degrees. Furthermore, DOU has 47 undergraduate programs and 32 senior diploma programs. These programs have one state-level innovational experimental program for the practical skills development of the students. Also, there are seven provincial-level key laboratories, four provincial-level engineering and technology research centers, two provinciallevel technology service