Establishment Date
To better serve the Strong Maritime Country strategy and Maritime Fujian initiative, the university integrated its superior resources and research teams in marine-related fields to establish the College of Marine Sciences in November 2021.
Academic Programs
The college adheres to high-standard, top-tier, and quality-driven development principles, offering a complete talent training system from bachelor, master to doctor. It currently holds:
- A doctor's degree authorization point in secondary discipline of Hydrobiology
- A master's degree authorization point in first-level discipline of Fisheries
- A professional degree authorization point in Master of Agriculture (Fisheries Development)
Four undergraduate programs: Aquaculture, Marine Science, Marine Resources and Environment, and Food Science and Engineering (Marine Food). The college currently enrolls 600 undergraduate students and 235 graduate students (master and doctor).
Faculty Profile
The college prioritizes leadership by high-level talents. Current faculty includes:
- 1 recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- 1 candidate of the National Millions of Talents Project
- 1 leading talent of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program
- 1 expert receiving the State Council Special Government Allowance
- 1 Shennong Leading Talent from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- 1 member of the Ministry of Education Teaching Guidance Committee
- 1 reserve candidate for Fujian Special-Class Talents
- 2 Fujian Higher Education Leading Talents
- 2 talents of Fujian ‘Young Eagle Program’ Youth Top Talent Program
- 26 provincial-level talents including Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund recipients, provincial high-level talents (Class C), and provincial introduced talents
95.24% of full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees. The college has appointed 1 foreign academician, 3 visiting/adjunct professors, and 4 academicians as Academic Committee members for the Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, forming a high-quality faculty team with prominent high-level talent advantages and strong developmental momentum.
Major Scientific Research Platforms
The college possesses 7 marine innovation platforms and has established a physical research entity for marine studies:
- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
- The China-Africa Abalone Industry Science and Technology Innovation Institute of Science and Technology Innovation China from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province
- Fuzhou Deep-sea Aquaculture Joint Research and Development Center
- Fuzhou Public Service Platform for Technology Innovation in Healthy Aquaculture and Deep Processing of Marine Organisms
- Marine Healthy Aquaculture Research and Development Center of Fuzhou Marine Research Institute
Strategic collaborations have been formed with Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources. Additionally, the college operates 7 provincial-level science and technology backyards:
- Fujian Ningde Large Yellow Croaker Science and Technology Backyard
- Fujian Jianou Rice-Fish Co-culture Science and Technology Backyard
- Fujian Putian Nanri Abalone Science and Technology Backyard
- Fujian Putian Manila Clam Science and Technology Backyard
- Fujian Minhou Goldfish Science and Technology Backyard
- Fujian Xiapu Sea Cucumber Science and Technology Backyard
- Fujian Pingtan Abalone Science and Technology Backyard
Teaching and Research Achievements
In recent years, the college has led the 14th Five-Year Plan National Key R&D Program High-resistance and High-quality Large Yellow Croaker Germplasm Innovation and New Varieties Breeding under the ministry-provincial joint funding mechanism (30 million yuan), undertaken the Xiamen New Airport Daxiaodeng Islands Fishery Resource Enhancement and Ecological Restoration Project (44.5 million yuan), and presided over more than 40 major marine and fisheries projects including the National Natural Science Foundation Key Program and the National Key Research and Development Program Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation. Among these, 16 national-level projects received total funding exceeding 60 million yuan, with additional horizontal funding surpassing 46 million yuan. The college has published over 170 SCI-indexed papers and won 9 provincial/ministerial scientific achievement awards, including: First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress in the 6th Fan Li Science and Technology Award (China Society of Fisheries), First Prize of Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize of Higher Education Teaching Achievements in Fujian Province.
The college holds over 50 authorized national invention patents. Student achievements include:
- First Prize in the 18th National Challenge Cup College Student Extra-Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition
- Bronze Award in the 10th China Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- 1 Team First Prize, 3 Team Second Prizes, and Outstanding Organization Award in the 2nd Fishery Elite Challenge Finals of China Graduate Innovation Competition”
- 1 Special Prize in the National University Smart Fisheries Design Competition
- 2 First Prizes, 2 Second Prizes, and 2 Third Prizes in the 7th National Undergraduate Aquatic Landscape Design Skills Competition
- Second Prize in the 12th National Marine Knowledge Competition Undergraduate
- Special Prize in the 16th Challenge Cup Fujian Provincial Undergraduate Academic Science and Technology Works Competition
- 2 Silver Awards in the 13th Challenge Cup Fujian Provincial Undergraduate Business Plan Competition
The Faculty Party Branch of the Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province under the college's Party Committee was selected as the fourth batch of National Party Building Work Model Branch Cultivation and Creation Units. The Aquaculture program has been featured on CCTV-17 (Agriculture and Rural Channel), with college development achievements frequently reported by Fujian Daily and Xuexi Qiangguo Fujian Platform.
