Ocean University of China has a long history of international education and had been accepting   foreign students since 1960. The School of International Education is founded on the basis of the former International Student Center and the former International Education College. It is in charge of the admission, training, management and service of all the international students of the whole university; the coordination of the Sino-America and Sino-Australia cooperative education programs; the management of the China-France Class, the admission, teaching and management of the British HND programs.

The School of International Education has five departments: the Administration Office, the Admissions Office, the Teaching Affairs Office, the Students Affairs Office and the Sino-Foreign Cooperation Department, with 45 staff   members. In 2014, the China-ASEAN Marine Education Center was approved. The Education and Training Research Center of the Ministry of Education is affiliated to our School.

With the aim of cultivating international talents with Chinese spirits, OUC cultures and excellent academic qualities, the School of International Education insists on pursuing scientific development, connotative development, and characteristic development with efficiency and quality, building the brand of “Studying Abroad in OUC”,construction of the university, for its development orientation is to serve the nation's overall diplomatic policy and to serve OUC’s construction of being a first-class university.