2021 | The first Peking University Ocean Week: Towards the Deep Blue was held by Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2021 | The 2nd Peking University Weihai Institute of Oceanology was established.

2020 | 2020 Academic Exchange Conference on Ocean Research was held by Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2020 | Seminar on Marine Governance and Legislation was held by Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2019 | Dialogue on Sea Power and Ocean Governance in the 21st Century was held by Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2019 | The 2nd Peking University Ocean Forum was held by Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2018 | Sino-Japanese Coast Guard Crisis Management Mechanism Workshop was held by Institute of Ocean Research.

2018 | Indonesian Maritime Cooperation Delegation visited Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2018 | APEC Workshop on Innovative Marine Debris Solutions was held.

2018 | The first jointly trained PHD students by Institute of Ocean Research and College of Engineering was graduated.

2018 | The first Peking University Ocean Forum was successfully held by Peking University Institute of Ocean Research.

2017 | The faculty and students of Institute of Ocean Research made contributions to the success of the first test exploration of natural gas hydrate in the South China Sea.

2014 | Peking University Institute of Ocean Research hosted the special session of 11th Beijing Forum on Human and Ocean.

2014 | Peking University Institute of Ocean Research started lecuture series on ocean at Peking University.

2014 | Peking University Institute of Ocean Research started to recruit talents globally.

2014 | Peking University Institute of Ocean Research started to recruit PhD students.

2013 | Peking University Institute of Ocean Research was established.

2010 | Peking University started to recruit PhD students in the fields of physical oceanography, marine geophysics, quaternary paleoceanology, marine medicinal chemistry, and marine law.

2010 | Department of Atmospheric Sciences was renamed to Department of Atmospheric and Marine Sciences.

1910 | Palaeontology and Paleoceanography were taught by Li Siguang and A. W. Grabau at Peking University.