海运学院（Faculty of Maritime and Transportation）是交通部向国际海事组织（IMO）推荐的我国首批7所高等航海院校之一，也是香港船东会第一届中国海运院校论坛常务委员会副主席单位。学院根据《 STCW78/10公约》和《中华人民共和国船员教育和培训质量管理规则》，建立了《宁波大学船员教育和培训质量体系》，对整个教学过程进行管理和监督，确保学生的培养质量。学院依托综合性大学的外语、计算机等基础学科优势，加强基础教育，注重学生的人文素质教育和综合素质培养；坚持知识、能力、素质协调发展，构筑新的人才培养模式。学院围绕“船舶与海洋工程”和“交通运输工程”二个一级学科建设，突出港航特色，促进学科交叉和协调发展；以教学为中心，积极开展科学研究和社会服务，通过学科建设带动专业和团队建设，是我国航运业、物流业高层次人才的重要培养基地之一。学院立足行业、地方经济的发展需求，立足省市海洋经济发展需求，紧紧围绕“海洋”“港口”“航运”三个关键词，在新能源、新装备、节能环保、海洋高新技术、海洋经济产业、现代港航服务业及智慧物流、智能交通等领域开展科学研究和合作，也是宁波大学最具鲜明行业特色及与区域经济结合最紧密的学院之一。
宁波大学海运学院的前身为1986年设置的原浙江水产学院航海系的海洋船舶驾驶专业和1987年设置的原浙江水产学院机械系的轮机管理专业。1991年，轮机管理专业从浙江水产学院机械系里分离出来，并入航海系管理。1994年，轮机管理专业又从航海系里分离出来，成立轮机系。1996年10月，浙江水产学院宁波分院与宁波大学合并，同年12月原浙江水产学院宁波分院航海系和轮机系合并成立宁波大学海运学院。2001年5月，原国家海洋局所属的宁波海洋学校船舶类专业并入宁波大学海运学院。
学院目前有航海技术、轮机工程、物流管理和船舶与海洋工程四个本科专业，一个“船舶与海洋工程”一级学科硕士点，工程硕士“船舶与海洋工程领域”专业学位点。拥有交通科学、机电与能源工程、物流与港口三个研究所。其中航海技术专业为省重点、省优势、校重点专业，轮机工程专业为市重点专业，物流管理专业是市特色、校重点建设专业，也是浙江省首批创办的物流本科专业。船舶与海洋工程学科为省、市重点学科，交通运输工程学科为省、校重点学科，“航运与港口物流”专业群为宁波市服务型教育重点专业。
学院在编专任教师中教授、副教授占55% ，具有硕士及以上学位的占92%；持有甲类航区船长、轮机长等高级船员适任证书的教师占50%。有浙江省“新世纪151人才工程”第二层次人员1名、第三层次培养人员4名；浙江省有突出贡献的中青年科技人员1名；宁波市高校名师1名、培养对象1名；校重点学科带头人2名。
学院具有较完备的教学和科研设施，实验中心现有仪器设备总值2250万元，实验用房面积3300平方米。拥有包括大型航海模拟器、大型轮机模拟器、综合物流模拟室、港口管理实验室、综合导航驾驶台、主机性能与测试实验室、模拟船和天象馆等多个国内处于先进水平的实验室，较好地满足了全体师生开展教学科研的要求。
学院近5年科研立项160余项，其中国家863科技计划项目、国家自然基金项目等7项,国家级、省部级项目20项。获各级各类奖项15项，其中与企业合作获得2010年度国家科学技术进步二等奖1项，获省科技进步三等奖1项，宁波市科技进步奖二等奖三等奖各1项。
学院始终以培养学生职业素养、团队意识和实践能力为目标，创新以学生党建为龙头、学风建设为中心、学生职业生涯辅导为主线的学生工作模式，坚持为学生专业学习、社会实践和学科竞赛提供良好的条件，并对海上专业学生实行半军事化管理。近年来，共获得了浙江省挑战杯大学生创业计划竞赛一等奖1项，宁波市挑战杯大学生创业大赛一等奖1项；浙江省电子商务竞赛三等奖1项；宁波市科技创业计划大赛新苗奖1项；宁波市首届物流设计大赛一、三等奖各1项。2010年荣获浙江省首届高校英国皇家物流设计大赛一、二、三等奖各1项，荣获浙江省首届航海技能大比武高校组第一名，1名同学荣获浙江省大学生职业生涯规划大赛“十佳生涯规划之星”称号，学院被评为2010年度中国大学生创业创意先进单位。
The Faculty of Maritime and Transportation is one of the first seven marine navigation institutions recommended by the Ministry of Communications to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). It is also the Vice Chairman of the First Chinese Marine Navigation Institution Forum Standing Committee which was hosted by the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. To ensure the outstanding quality of education, the faculty has established the “Maritime Education and Training Quality Management System" to monitor the entire process of teaching according to the “STCW 78 / 10 Convention” and the “Maritime Education and Training Quality Management Rules of People’s Republic of China”. Aiming to establish the new talent cultivation model that focuses on the coordinative development of students’ knowledge, capability, and quality, the faculty not only puts its emphasis on teaching the students professional knowledge in navigation, but also pays heavy attention to the cultivation of humanistic quality and comprehensive quality. The faculty focuses on the construction of two first-level disciplines: " Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering" and" Transportation Engineering" and actively promotes interdisciplinary and coordinated development by taking the shipping and port management advantages. As one of the most important platforms for training high-level logistics and shipping talents in China, the faculty takes teaching as the main task. In the meantime, scientific researches and social services are actively carried out. Based on the demands for developing maritime economy in Zhejiang as well as the needs of local economic development, the faculty develops very fast around the themes of “Ocean”, “Port”, and “Shipping”. It has extensive cooperation in the fields of new energy, new equipment, energy saving and environmental protection, new marine technology, marine economy industry, modern logistics, shipping services and smart logistics, and intelligent transportation. The full integration with the local industry gives the faculty specialized characteristics that makes it distinctive from other faculties in Ningbo University.
The Faculty of Maritime and Transportation orignins from two disciplines of Zhejiang fisheries College: Marine Navigation and Marine Engineering. The Marine Navigation was set in the Navigation Department in 1986 while the Marine Engineering was initially in the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1987. In 1991, the Marine Engineering was merged under the Department of Navigation and then was transferred from the Navigation Department in 1994 to the new department named Marine Engineering Department. In 1996, Zhejiang fisheries College Ningbo Branch was merged into Ningbo University. As a result, the Department of Navigation and Marine Engineering in Zhejiang fisheries College were merged as the Faculty of Maritime and Transportation in Ningbo University. In 2001, the navigation related majors in Ningbo Ocean School, which belongs to State Oceanic Administration, were also merged into the faculty.
The Faculty currently has four undergraduate programs (Marine Technology, Marine Engineering, Logistics Management and Ships and Ocean Engineering) and one graduate program (the Master of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering). It has three institutes in the fields of transportation science, mechatronics & energy engineering, and logistics & port management respectively. Among the three institues, the Marine Technology Program is the provincial key discipline as well as the key discipline in Ningbo University; the Marine Engineering Program is the key discipline in Ningbo, and the Logistics Management Program as the key discipline in the city is the earliest undergraduate program that was approved by the Ministry of Education in Zhejiang Province. Besides, the program of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Transportation Engineering are all key disciplines in both Ningbo City and Zhejiang Province；Shipping and Port Logistics related disciplines are key service-oriented majors in Ningbo.
In terms of the qualification of instructors, professor and associated professor account for 55% of the faculty pool and 92% of the staff have earned master degree or above. There are 50% of teachers holding the master’s license, or chief engineer certificate. As for the Zhejiang New Century 151 Talent Project, one person was selected as a candidate in the second level; four persons were selected as candidates in the third level. Among the excellent instructor team, one received the award of Zhejiang Young Scientist with Outstanding Contributions, one was selected as Top University Teacher in Ningbo, and the other one was selected as a candidate. Two research leaders are assigned in key disciplines in the university.
The faculty has adequate types of equipment and facilities for education and research purposes. Its laboratory center has equipments valued over 22.5 million Yuan and has approximately 3300m2 laboratory space. The facilities include marine simulators, marine power plant simulators, simulation rooms for integrated logistics, port management labs, integrated navigation bridges, machine’s performance and testing labs, ship simulator, fire safety laboratory building, and a planetarium. This advanced laboratory center has well satisfied the teaching and research needs of the faculties and students.
In the past five years, the Faculty has completed over 160 research projects, including 7 projects for National High Technology Research and Development Program of China and National Natural Science Foundation Program, and 20 projects with national, provincial and ministerial levels. These projects received 15 awards at varied levels, including the secondary awards of State Science and Technology Progress based on the well cooperation with outside companies, the third prize of Provincial Science and Technology Progress, the secondary and the third prize of Ningbo Science and Technology Progress.
The faculty is always aiming to develop students' professionalism, their sense of team work and the practice capability. It takes initiates in educating students by fostering a sound study environment for students as well as providing career advice services to students to prepared students to become competitive in their specialized studies and social activities. It manages the students at the marine program based on the military management method. In recent years, with the sound management of the Faculty, the students has gained numerous competition awards in Zhejiang Province. The awards includes the First Award of Business Plan Competition for the "Challenge Cup" in Zhejiang Province, the Third Awards of E-Commerce Competition in Zhejiang Province, the First Awards of Logistic Design Competition, etc..To be mentioned, the Faculty led its students to achieve the First Award of Navigation Skill as a team in Zhejiang Province in 2010. The Faculty was also awarded the Innovative Group for Promoting Business Development among Chinese Students in the year of 2012.