渤海大学建校于1950年2月，是辽宁省政府主办的综合性大学，位于渤海之滨的历史文化名城辽宁省锦州市。学校占地150公顷，总建筑面积60万平方米。学校基础设施完善，图书馆馆藏图书282万册，校园环境优美，林木葱茏，2010年在搜狐网第二届全国高校最美丽校园评比中位列第八，2019年获评“辽宁最美校园”。

学校设有19个二级学院，48个本科招生专业，拥有18个一级学科硕士学位授权点和7个专业硕士学位授权点，涵盖经、法、教、文、史、哲、理、工、农、管、艺等学科门类。学校现有全日制硕士研究生、本科在校生21900余人，留学生400余人。

学校有专任教师1200余人，其中教授近200人，博士近500人。专任教师中，有国家科技进步二等奖获得者、国家高层次人才特殊支持计划获得者、国家优秀青年科学基金获得者、国家百千万人才入选者、全国优秀教师、教育部优秀人才支持计划入选者、辽宁省攀登学者、辽宁省特聘教授、辽宁省“兴辽计划”哲学社会科学领军人才、辽宁省“兴辽计划”教学名师、辽宁省“兴辽计划”青年拔尖人才、辽宁省优秀专家、辽宁省优秀人才支持计划入选者、辽宁省院士后备人选培养工程人选、辽宁省“百千万人才工程”百人层次入选者、千人层次入选者、省级优秀科技人才、省级教学名师、省级专业带头人、省级优秀教师等近百人。学校有省一流学科A类建设项目1个、省一流特色学科项目3个、省重点学科培育项目7个。有国家级、省级特色（示范）专业、试点专业18个，建设国家级、省级精品资源课程57门，国家级、省级精品教材23部，教改立项105项，获得国家级、省级优秀教学成果奖60项，居省内高校前列。根据科睿唯安2019年5月份发布的最新ESI数据显示，渤海大学工程、化学、计算机3个学科进入全球ESI前1%学科。在2019年上海软科最好大学排行榜中，渤海大学位居全国第152位、辽宁省高校第6位；《中国研究生教育及学科专业评价报告（2019-2020）》显示，渤海大学在中国高校一流学科建设综合竞争力排行榜中位列142位，省内第5位。在中国研究生教育一级学科竞争力排行榜中，食品科学与工程学科位列全国第12位，省内第1位。在2020年软科世界一流学科排名中，渤海大学有4个学科入选世界一流学科前500名。学校毕业生就业率多年保持在90%以上，是省级大学生实践教育基地，获“教育部2014年度全国毕业生就业典型经验高校”称号，跻身全国高校就业50强行列。2014年，渤海大学成为国际海事组织认定的航海类教育院校，在全国航海类院校中排名第五。

学校注重国际合作与交流、积极推进国际化发展战略，与美国、德国、英国、法国、日本、韩国、澳大利亚、俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦、巴基斯坦、布隆迪等国家的23所高等院校、教育机构建立了交流合作关系，合作的外国企业16家。学校作为中国政府奖学金来华留学生委托培养院校，共接收40个国家和地区的留学生来校学习，互派学者讲学，同时选派中青年教师和优秀学生到国外进修或攻读学位，先后与布隆迪大学、中非班吉大学合作建立孔子学院，孔子学院的汉语教学和文化交流活动在当地受到广泛欢迎。2014年3月，学校被教育部批准为中国政府奖学金来华留学生委托培养院校。

渤海大学始终不渝地坚持走内涵发展之路，始终不渝地坚持以质量求发展的办学思想，学校将以现有的传统优势学科为基础，积极发展新工科和新文科，努力为渤海大学建成拥有一流学科专业的、多学科专业协调发展、特色鲜明、国内有知名度的高水平应用型综合性大学而奋斗。

Hundred-level, Thousand-level and Ten-thousand-level Talents, National Excellent Teachers, Outstanding Talents for Ministry of Education's Support Plan, Liaoning Province's Diligently-working Scholars, Distinguished Professors of Liaoning Province, Leading Talents in Philosophy and Social Science for "Plan to Make Liaoning Province Prosperous," Famous Teachers for "Plan to Make Liaoning Province Prosperous," Young Outstanding Talents for "Plan to Make Liaoning Province Prosperous," Liaoning Province's Outstanding Experts, Outstanding Talents for Liaoning Province's Support Plan, National Academician Candidates for Talents Training Project in Liaoning Province, Members of Liaoning Province's Project of Hundred-level and Thousand-level Talents for“Hundred-level, Thousand-level and Ten-thousand-level Talents Project”，“Province-level Outstanding Talents in Science and Technology, Province-level Famous Teachers, Province-level Professional Academic Leaders, Province-level Outstanding Teachers, etc.Bohai University has got 1 level-A project for first-class discipline in Liaoning Province, 3 unique projects from Liaoning Province's first-class disciplines, 7 supported projects from Liaoning Province's key disciplines. There are 18 unique pilot programs and 57 high-quality courses, all of which are either at the state level or at the provincial level. It has surpassed many other colleges and universities in Liaoning Province for the sake of its 23 quality textbooks, 105 teaching reform projects, and 60 teaching awards, all of which are either at the state level or at the provincial level. In accordance with the ESI data released by Clarivate Analytics in May, 2019, BHU's engineering, chemistry, and computer science were listed in the first 1% disciplines in the world. In the 2019 Best Chinese Universities Rankings released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, BHU was ranked 152nd national university and 6th Liaoning provincial university. According to the "2019-2020 Appraisal Report on Chinese Postgraduate Education and Disciplines," it was ranked the 142nd national university (and 5th Liaoning provincial university) for its first-class disciplinary construction. In the ranking list for level-1 disciplines in Chinese postgraduate education, it was ranked the 12th national university (and the 1st Liaoning provincial university) for its food science and engineering. In the 2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, BHU's four subjects were listed among the first-class 500 ones in the world. With 90% of the employment rate in recent years and provincial base of practical education, Bohai University is entitled as "2014 Ministry of Education's Typical University for Graduate Employment," which promotes BHU to the list of the top 50 colleges and universities in China for the employment rate of its graduates. In 2014, it was recognized by International Maritime Organization as a qualified school in nautical studies, and was listed as the 5th among all the nautical universities in China. 

BHU has established friendly cooperation relationship with 23 universities and colleges and educational institutes from other countries, including the USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia, Russia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Burundi, etc. It cooperates with 16 foreign enterprises. At present, as an entrusted cultivation school for the international students who have obtained the Chinese Government Scholarship, BHU recruits international students from 40 countries and regions. Selecting and sending top students and young- and middle-aged teachers to further their studies or to pursue their academic degrees to those countries we have established cooperation and selecting scholars doing visiting and exchanges with them. BHU has successfully co-built the Confucius Institute respectively with the University of Burundi and the University of Bangui (Central African Republic). In March，2014, Bohai University has been accredited for a qualified cultivation school for the international students who have obtained the Chinese Government Scholarship approved by the Ministry of Education.

BHU adheres to its own mode of intensive development, and to its pursuit of quality-oriented education as its way of running school. On the basis of the traditional advantageous disciplines that currently exist, and the new engineering courses and liberal arts that are added to its existing ones, Bohai University is determined and strive to make itself into a nationally-known high-level application-oriented comprehensive university with its own characteristics, which owns the first-class disciplines, and boasts the coordinative development of multiple ones.