What was the original name of Jiangsu Ocean University?

The original name of Jiangsu Ocean University was: Huaihai Institute of Technology.

Jiangsu Ocean University successfully changed its name in 2019. The previous name was Huaihai Institute of Technology, which gave people the impression of a private school. Because students from other provinces have no idea where Huaihai is, students basically have no favorable impression of this kind of school that is not named after a region.

The history of this school is also very special. Huaihai Institute of Technology was previously established on the basis of Huaihai University, so it was equivalent to a downgrade at that time. This kind of special experience may be very rare in Chinese universities. At that time, it may be that the scale of the school and its investment situation did not meet the standards of a "university", so the government made adjustments.

Since 1998, Huaihai Institute of Technology has successively merged with Jiangsu Salt Industry School, Lianyungang Fisheries School and Lianyungang Chemical Engineering College. In this way, the school's comprehensive strength has been significantly improved, and it has successfully passed the undergraduate review by the Ministry of Education. After years of development, the school finally ushered in the opportunity and successfully became a doctoral degree granting project construction unit in 2017.

At the end of 2017, the school discussed the name change with the government and applied to the Ministry of Education to change its name to Jiangsu Ocean University. After many discussions at that time, the school authorities believed that changing the name to Jiangsu Ocean University would be more in line with the characteristics of the school, help improve the school's reputation, and make it easier to get approval.