Open Day
We proactively utilized R/V TKK as an ideal platform to fulfill the social responsibility of extending the scope for ocean science studies, and to increase public awareness of marine conservation.
In 2024, RV TKK embarked on the fifth “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise which was also a commemorative voyage ...
On April 2, upon the university’s 102nd anniversary, an open house was held by Marine Operations of XMU (MarOps) and the College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of XMU...
The Open Ship Days on board Research Vessel Tan Kah Kee (R/V TKK) was successfully held at Boustead Cruise Center, Port Klang, Malaysia on 17 & 18 August.
XMU at Sea
Initiated and organized by XMU Faculty of Earth Science and Technology (FEST), the training cruise for undergraduate students on R/V TKK, the “XMU at Sea” program, aims to train top-talent undergraduates with international perspective and critical skills and experience in ocean science.
The annual “XMU@Sea” Cruise set sail again on July 12. 102 undergraduates and teachers from diverse cultural backgrounds embarked on three distinct expeditions aboard RV TKK,engaging in various research and training tasks. These included measuring chemical parameters in the seawater, learning to use the oceanographic and meteorological observation instruments...
On August 11, the fourth “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise was accomplished onboard RV TKK. To date, up to 250 undergraduates have participated in the program, obtaining valuable opportunities to practice at sea.
Teacher at Sea onboard R/V TKK
On August 3, the third “Teacher at Sea onboard RV TKK” online lecture was given by Yunjun Zeng, a biology teacher from Xiamen University Affiliated Keji High School, together with her student Mingxi Zhuang, during the second leg of “XMU at Sea” Undergraduate Training Cruise. This event was jointly organized by the Xiamen Association for Science and Technology, Keji High School, the Experime...
