Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao

IOCAS is one of the organizations for strategic test on national intellectual property authorized by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO). IOCAS is also a key center for graduate education and training in marine science in China. It offers Ph.D. degree in 9 research areas and M.S. degree in 11 research areas. It also provides post-doctoral research opportunities in marine science. IOCAS currently has 600 employees, among which are 400 research staff, including 200 senior scientists. Among the research scientists, 4 are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and 2 are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 106 are Ph.D. supervisors.