Bohai University

Founded in February 1950, Bohai University is a comprehensive university sponsored by the Liaoning Provincial Government. It is located in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, a historical and cultural city on the coast of Bohai Sea. The school is a qualified institution for recommending outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for a master's degree without examination and a training institution for Chinese government scholarship students.

The school covers an area of ​​more than 2,250 acres and a total construction area of ​​600,000 square meters. It has 19 secondary colleges, 49 undergraduate majors, 18 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points and 10 professional master's degree authorization points, covering economics, law, education, literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, agriculture, management, art and other disciplines. There are more than 21,000 full-time master's students and undergraduate students.

The school currently has more than 1,200 full-time teachers, including more than 190 professors and more than 450 doctors. Among the full-time teachers, there are winners of the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, winners of the National Special Support Program for High-level Talents, winners of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund, selected candidates for the National Hundred Thousand Talents, National Excellent Teachers, Selected candidates for the Excellent Talent Support Program of the Ministry of Education, Liaoning Province Climbing Scholars, Liaoning Province Distinguished Professors, Liaoning Province "Xingliao Plan" Philosophy and Social Science Leading Talents, Liaoning Province "Xingliao Plan" Teaching Masters, Liaoning Province "Xingliao Plan" Young Top Talents, Liaoning Province Outstanding Experts, Liaoning Province Outstanding Talent Support Program Selected, Liaoning Province Academician Reserve Candidate Training Project Candidates, Liaoning Province "Hundred Thousand Talents Project" Hundred-level Selected, Thousand-level Selected, Provincial Outstanding Science and Technology Talents, Provincial Teaching Masters, Provincial Professional Leaders, Provincial Outstanding Teachers, etc. Nearly 100 people.

The school currently has 1 provincial first-class discipline A-level construction project, 3 provincial first-class characteristic discipline projects, and 7 provincial key discipline cultivation projects. There are 1 national and local joint engineering research center, 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs technology research and development professional center, 1 Ministry of Education country and regional research center, 1 provincial university major science and technology platform, 2 provincial education department school-enterprise alliances, 1 provincial industrial technology research institute, 2 provincial higher education new think tanks, 2 provincial higher education cultivation think tanks, 1 provincial science and technology innovation think tank research base, 3 provincial industrial technology innovation strategic alliances, 1 provincial collaborative innovation center, 4 provincial key laboratories, 5 provincial professional technology innovation centers, 3 provincial university key laboratories, 4 provincial engineering research centers, 1 provincial university humanities and social sciences key research base, 3 provincial education science planning research bases, 2 Liaoning economic and social development research bases, 1 provincial university science and technology park, 1 provincial science popularization base, and 6 other provincial platforms. The National Torch Program Jinzhou Silicon Materials and Solar Cell Industry Base Public Testing Center has been built, and there are currently 11 provincial university innovation teams.

The university currently has 7 national first-class professional construction sites, 24 provincial first-class professional construction sites, 18 national and provincial characteristic (demonstration) majors and pilot majors, 59 national and provincial first-class courses, 24 national and provincial quality textbooks, 183 teaching reform projects, and 60 national and provincial excellent teaching achievement awards, ranking among the top universities in the province. There are 7 provincial teaching teams, 8 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national modern industrial college, and 2 provincial modern industrial colleges. According to the latest ESI data released by Clarivate Analytics in November 2021, four disciplines of Bohai University, namely agronomy, chemistry, engineering and computer science, entered the top 1% of ESI disciplines in the world; in the USNews 2021 World University Rankings, our university ranked 988th among world universities and 101st among domestic universities; in the 2021 Soft Science Ranking of China's Best Disciplines, our university has five disciplines in the top 50%, ranking 9th among universities in Liaoning Province; according to the "China Graduate Education and Discipline Professional Evaluation Report", our university ranked 142nd in the 2020-2021 China's General University Graduate Education Competitiveness Ranking, and ranked 11th among universities in Liaoning Province; in the 2021 Soft Science World Class Discipline Ranking, four disciplines of Bohai University were selected into the top 500 world-class disciplines.

The school's graduate employment rate remains above 90%, and it has won the title of "National Graduate Employment Typical Experience University of the Ministry of Education", and has ranked among the top 50 universities in China. Journal of Bohai University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) has been rated as "National Excellent Journal of Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities", "National Excellent Journal of Colleges and Universities", and Liaoning Provincial First-Class Journal.

Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, teachers from the whole school have presided over and completed 2,599 scientific research projects, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Foundation of China, and major scientific research projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, and Liaoning Province, and have won 1,563 awards for various scientific research achievements; published 15,501 papers, 4,491 of which were included in the three major retrievals of SCI, EI, and CPCI; published 761 academic works, and obtained 528 invention patents. A total of 402 national-level projects such as the National Social Science Foundation of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China have been obtained.

The school has established cooperative relations with more than 30 universities and educational institutions in South Korea, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Burundi, Central Africa, Poland, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Australia, Mongolia and other countries. Based in Northeast Asia, it has established a national and regional research platform that radiates Japan, South Korea, Russia, Mongolia and other countries, and cooperated with the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland to organize a Sino-foreign cooperative education project in food science and engineering, striving to create a Sino-foreign cultural exchange platform and scientific research cooperation innovation mechanism for education opening up and the "Belt and Road". A total of more than 40 countries and regions have been accepted to study at the school, and scholars have been sent to each other for lectures. At the same time, young and middle-aged teachers and outstanding students have been selected to study or pursue degrees abroad. Confucius Institutes have been established in cooperation with the University of Burundi and the University of Bangui in Central Africa.

The school's connotation construction has been significantly strengthened, and its comprehensive strength has been significantly improved. The results of the university strength rankings by domestic university evaluation agencies such as Wu Shulian, Wangda.com, Alumni.com, and China Science Evaluation Research Center show that Bohai University's comprehensive strength and special indicators rank close to the top 200 among nearly 800 public undergraduate universities in the country, and among the top eight provincial universities.

The school has complete infrastructure, the library has a collection of 2.93 million books, and the instruments and equipment fully meet the needs of teaching and scientific research. The campus has a beautiful environment and lush trees. In 2019, it was named "Liaoning's Most Beautiful Campus". It is a national model greening unit, a model greening unit in Liaoning Province, a model school for campus greening in Liaoning Province, a safe and civilized campus in Liaoning Province, and a demonstration base for ecological culture and education in Liaoning Province. In 2021, it was named a water-saving university in Liaoning Province.