Dear Prospective International Student,

    Education is now undergoing great changes, tending to get more and more internationalized and individualized, with more opportunities and choices available home and abroad. This favorable tendency has enabled the educational sector to expand its realm in providing education to students of different cultural, ethnic and geographic backgrounds.

    Guangdong Ocean University is committed to excellence in cultivating native students in the philosophy of general education and creative thinking. GDOU is also dedicated to utilizing the latest educational resources available in its efforts to bring the best possible education to students all over the world. We seek to challenge our students, and, in doing so, provide them with the services and opportunities necessary to enable them to successfully complete their respective diploma and degree programs. We also provide students with fieldwork opportunities and experimental facilities to help them demonstrate and apply their research skills and cognitive abilities at every level of the curriculum. As a result, students will gain the theoretical knowledge and real-world application of the skills demanded by today's dynamic global society.

    Our residential university experience allows students to live in an academic community and reap the benefits of living with other motivated students, both native and international, being advised by dedicated faculty members, and learning from upper-class students. A defining feature of a GDOU education is the emphasis on independent work. Students, particularly in their junior and senior years, have the opportunity to pursue original research on topics of their own choice under the guidance of faculty advisers. We hope they are developing new talents, skills, and personal interests.

    University is a time of understanding and discovery. GDOU has the resources to help students reach unimaginable heights in whatever area they pursue.

    Frankly, we are not perfect, and not every student finds every aspect at GDOU ideal, but we work every day at achieving excellence and exceptional distinction in teaching and research.

    I would like personally to invite you to invest in your academic future and professional success by exploring the opportunities available at Guangdong Ocean University. Here you will get scholarly and enthusiastic mentors who are ready to help you master the Chinese language and culture, achieve a bachelor's or master's degree, or acquire a professional certificate.

Dr. Zhu Jianzhen
Vice President of GDOU
Ph.D., Professor