Ningbo University is located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. It is a university established by the Ministry of Education of Zhejiang Province and Ningbo City. In 1986, Mr. Pao Yugang, the world’s shipping king, took the lead in donating funds to establish the school, and Deng Xiaoping inscribed the name of the school. In 1996, the original Ningbo University, Ningbo Normal University and Zhejiang Fisheries University merged to form the new Ningbo University. The school's existing disciplines cover economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, arts and other categories.

Zhejiang Ocean University was founded in 1958, referred to as Zhejiang Ocean University. It is located in Zhoushan New District, Zhejiang Province, a national-level new area. It has two campuses, Changzhi Island and Dinghai. It is a university with marine characteristics, science, agriculture, A provincial teaching and research university with coordinated development of engineering, management, economics, literature, history and other disciplines. The school is the deputy chairman of the Ministry of Education’s Marine Science Teaching Steering Committee, a unit of Zhejiang Province’s international characteristic university construction unit, one of the first national pilot universities for the reform of the education and training plan for outstanding agricultural and forestry talents, a Chinese government scholarship institution, and a China Marine Science and Technology Innovation Institute. Intelligence introduction park, national international scientific and technological cooperation base, and national innovative talent training demonstration base.