The Tsinghua University Institute for Ocean Engineering and the SIGS Institute for Ocean Engineering integrates multi-disciplines to focus on five major research areas of marine engineering, marine equipment, marine information sciences, marine resources and environment, and marine energy to serve marine technological development and the construction of Shenzhen as a global marine center.

Tsinghua University currently has nearly 200 faculty members carrying out marine-related research. In recent years, many influential scientific and technological achievements have been made in fields of marine energy, marine observation, marine instruments, marine ecosystem restoration and others. In 2019, Tsinghua University’s first scientific expedition and trial ship “Qing Yan 1” was commissioned.

The Institute for Ocean Engineering has established a good foundation for exchange and cooperation with research institutes in China and abroad. These include the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, University of Manchester, Delft University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), SCRIPPS, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peng Cheng Laboratory and more.

Tsinghua SIGS has been training marine graduate students since 2011. Our programs enroll over 100 students each year, delivering outstanding graduates to support Shenzhen’s marine science and industry development.

With marine science as foundation, and marine technology as support, our research will be applied to three directions of deep sea engineering, coastal engineering and technology, and marine ecological environment.