Bohai University

Bohai University (BU) is a comprehensive university administered by Liaoning Province government. BU is located in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China. Jinzhou is a seaside city with long history and cultural tradition.

BU covers a total land area of 1,500 Chinese mu (equaling 1,000,000 square meters), and its floor area totals over 520,000 square meters. BU has established 16 sub-level colleges administering 44 programs for bachelor's degree, 10 programs for associate degree. BU owns 16 programs for Level-1 master's degree, 71 programs for Level-2 master's degree, and 5 programs for professional master's degree, and such programs range from philosophy to economics, laws, education, humanities, history, science, engineering, management and arts. There are now more than 25,000 postgraduates and full-time college students.

At present, there are 1,200 professional teachers, among whom are 200 professors and 400 doctor's degree holders. Among the professional teachers, there are nearly 100 persons who have been awarded province-level or state-level titles, including Changjiang Scholars, "National Hundred-level, Thousand-level and Ten-thousand-level Talents", Outstanding Talents for Ministry of Education's Support Plans, Liaoning Province's Diligently-working Scholars, Liaoning Province's Outstanding Experts, Outstanding Talents for Liaoning Province's Support Plan, Liaoning Province's "National Hundred-level, and Thousand-level" Talents, Province-level Outstanding Talents in Science and Technology, Province-level Famous Teachers, Province-level Professional Academic Leaders, Province-level Outstanding Teachers, etc.

BU has got 3 unique projects from Liaoning Province Key Disciplines, 7 supported projects from Liaoning Province Key Disciplines, 1 science and technology platform ranked as Liaoning Province Higher Institutes' Key Platform for Science and Technology, 1 coordinative innovation center ranked as Liaoning Province 2011 Coordinative Innovation Center, 4 labs ranked as Liaoning Province Key Labs, 3 labs ranked as Liaoning Province Higher Institutes' Key Labs, 3 centers ranked as Liaoning Province Engineering Technology Research Centers, 2 centers ranked as Liaoning Province Engineering Research Centers, 1 research base ranked as Liaoning Province Higher School's Research Base for Humanities and Social Science, 4 research bases ranked as Liaoning Province Key Research Bases for Educational Plan, and 2 other province-level research platforms.

BU has cooperated with 63 higher schools and educational institutes from other countries, including the USA, Germany, UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Russia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Burundi, etc. In particular, BU and University of Burundi has co-built the Confucius Institute, where the first cohort of Chinese language and culture students has graduated. At present, BU recruits international students from 30 countries, exchanges scholars with those countries, and selects and sends top students and young- and middle-aged teachers to further their studies or to pursue their academic degrees to those countries.

BU has its own complete infrastructure to meet the needs of teaching and research, and the library houses 2,000,000 volumes of books. The campus is beautiful with grass and trees. In the "2nd China's Most Beautiful Campuses Competition" held by Sohu.com in 2010, it was 8th most beautiful campus among China's higher schools. It is also the Leading National Green Organization, Liaoning Province Greening Organization, and Liaoning Province Campus for Safety.