Dalian Maritime University (formerly Dalian Maritime University) is a national key university affiliated to the Ministry of Transport. It is a national key university for the “ 211 Project” and a national “ first-class discipline ”. It is the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Education, the National Oceanic Administration, and the State National Defense Technology Industry Bureau , Liaoning Provincial People's Government, and Dalian Municipal People's Government jointly build universities. The school is known as "the cradle of navigators", it is a well-known higher education institution in China, and it is one of the few "internationally renowned" maritime institutions recognized by the International Maritime Organization.

The development history of Dalian Maritime University represents the development of higher maritime education in China. The school sprung up when the nation suffered a lot of humiliation and the decline of the National Games, and shouldered the historical mission of "saving the right to navigation and rejuvenating the National Games." The pillars of the business have made important contributions to the revitalization and development of the national shipping industry.

Dalian Maritime University originated from the Shipping Administration Department of Shanghai Advanced Industrial Academy of Post and Communication Department, established in 1909 . 1911 years to Ship Management Branch based founder postal department Shanghai Higher Merchant Marine Academy, 1912 changed its name to merchant Wusong school, 1915 years closed, 1929 was renamed after the new campus for the Ministry of Merchant Marine College Wusong, 1937 in closed again, 1939 years Renamed in Chongqing and renamed as National Chongqing Merchant Marine College, merged into National Jiaotong University in Chongqing in 1943 , renamed in Shanghai in 1946 and renamed as National Wujing Merchant Marine College, merged with the Department of Navigation Management of Jiaotong University in 1950 Shanghai Institute of Navigation. 1953 , the Central People's Government decided to Shanghai Flight College started in 1927 Northeast Northeast Maritime Institute merged to form the Merchant Marine School of Dalian Maritime University, the same year, began in 1920 in Jimei school Fisheries Division of Fujian Maritime College incorporated. In 1960 , the school was identified as a national key university. In 1963 , the State Council approved the implementation of semi-military management in the school's navigation profession. In 1983 , the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) and the International Maritime Organization ( IMO) The Asia Pacific International Maritime Training Center was established in the school. In 1985 , the World Maritime University established a branch campus in the school. In 1994 , the school was renamed Dalian Maritime University, and Comrade Jiang Zemin wrote the school name for the school. In 1997 , the school became a national key university for the “ 211 Project”. In 1998 , the school's quality management system passed the certification of the State Administration of Ports and Shipping and the Norwegian Classification Society ( DNV ), becoming the first university in the country to introduce the ISO9001 quality management system into talent training and quality management. In 2000 , Dalian Maritime School was placed under management. In 2017 , the school entered the ranks of national “first-class universities and first-class disciplines” in the construction of universities. Through continuous construction and development, the school has ranked among the top universities in the world in terms of scale and level of schooling.

The achievements made by Dalian Maritime University and its reputation at home and abroad have been fully affirmed and highly appraised by the central leadership. In 1993 , Jiang Zemin, Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong, Li Lanqing and other party and state leaders visited Dalian Maritime University. Comrade Jiang Zemin personally wrote an inscription for the school "firm, strict, diligent, pioneering the construction of a world-class institution of higher sailing!" 2009 , the school successfully held the "China Higher Maritime Education and Dalian Maritime University school 100 anniversary" celebrations, Li Changchun , Zhang Dejiang, Liu Yandong, Chen Zhili and other party and state leaders sent letters or congratulations to the school. Liu Yandong and Chen Zhili and other party and state leaders inspected the school.

Dalian Maritime University is located in the southwest of Dalian, a famous coastal city in northern China. The school covers an area of 1.36 million square meters and the building area of ​​the school is 900,000 square meters. The school has facilities and full-featured marine professional teaching and experimental buildings, a maritime training and engineering practice center, aquatic survival training hall, a teaching harbor, a library, a swimming pool, and a planetarium. It also has a maritime simulation laboratory and a turbine simulation experiment. room 100 of more than teaching and research laboratories, with 2 oceangoing vessels teaching practice.

Dalian Maritime University has a school of navigation, a school of marine engineering, a school of ship electrical engineering, a school of information science and technology, a school of transportation engineering, a school of shipping economics and management, a school of ship and ocean engineering, a school of environmental science and engineering, a law school, and a college of foreign languages School of Public Management and Humanities, School of Marxism, School of Science, Department of Physical Education, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, School of Continuing Education (School of Advanced Transportation Studies), School of Professional Degree Education, Center for Maritime Training and Engineering Practice, Institute of Shipping Development , 21 international education institutes, International Union College (World Maritime University Dalian Branch) and other 21 teaching and research institutions. Undergraduates, graduate students a total of 2 million people, while enrolled bachelor, master's and doctoral degrees for foreign students. And the school 60 years, the school has trained a variety of senior professional and technical personnel ten more than ten thousand, most of them have become the backbone of China's shipping industry.

Dalian Maritime University has 52 undergraduate programs, 7 level of discipline Doctorate programs, 20 first-level discipline master, 7 post-doctoral programs, with 8 professional degree master's category (Master of Engineering which covers 14 months Engineering, Master of Translation covers 2 fields of translation). The school now has 2 national key disciplines, 14 provincial key disciplines, 2 provincial key disciplines to cultivate, engineering disciplines into the ESI global top 1% ; 2 national engineering research centers, 2 national science and technology cooperation base, 10 Ge Provincial engineering technology research center, 21 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, 5 provincial humanities and social sciences key research bases; 1 national-level talent training model innovation experimental area, 5 majors included in the national outstanding engineer education and training plan, 1 national education base for outstanding legal talents, 6 national specialty construction sites, 1A National Accreditation for Engineering Education, 1 national teaching team, 1 national excellent courses, 1 Men IMO model courses, 1 national bilingual model course, 6 national excellent video public courses, 1 national excellent Resource-sharing courses, 4 national engineering practice education centers, 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 4 national college students' off-site practical education bases, 11 provincial characteristics (exemplary) Majors, 7 provincial undergraduate comprehensive reform pilot majors, 4 provincial undergraduate engineering talent training model reform pilot majors, 2 provincial undergraduate key support majors, 7 provincial advantageous specialty majors, 1 provincial curriculum system internationalization Pilot majors, 3 provincial-level innovation and entrepreneurship education reform pilot majors, 10 provincial-level teaching teams, 23 provincial-level teaching teachers, 17 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 13Provincial college student education practice base.

Dalian Maritime University has a faculty with a good overall quality, a reasonable hierarchy and a relatively stable structure. There are 1,442 full-time teachers , including 326 professors , 144 full-time doctoral supervisors , 40 second-level professors , and third-level professors. 77 , and a large number of outstanding young and middle-aged teachers emerged. In marine transportation engineering, marine information engineering, ship intelligence, ship power system and energy-saving technology, shipbuilding and repairing engineering, communication and information systems, marine environmental protection, maritime regulation system, etc., we have gathered a number of professional theories and scientific research capabilities. Strong well-known experts, professors, and active and innovative young backbones. The school also employs 16 sharing academicians , 9 "Yangtze River scholars" , and 153 lecture professors . By hiring well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad to carry out substantive work and exchanges, the teachers and students of Dalian Maritime University can get close contact with cutting-edge theories in various disciplines , Further expanding the horizons and activating the academic atmosphere.

Dalian Maritime University attaches great importance to foreign exchanges and inter-school exchanges. Since the reform and opening up, it has formally established cooperative relations with 140 internationally renowned institutions and units in 38 countries and regions , including Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Australia, Sweden, Egypt, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. , Teacher-student exchange, cooperative scientific research and other aspects have always maintained substantial links, and the areas of cooperation are constantly expanding. In March 2005 , the "Master of Maritime Safety and Environmental Management" course co-organized by the school and the World Maritime University recruited students for the first time, further improving the school's level of international cooperation. The school established our overseas campus in the Colombo International Maritime Engineering Institute in Sri Lanka, and began enrolling students in Sri Lanka in 2007 , achieving the first export of higher education in China. The school also maintains long-term cooperative relationships with a number of international organizations and institutions, including: International Maritime Organization ( IMO ), International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Maritime University Association ( IAMU ), Global Maritime Training Association ( GlobalMET ), International Association of Nautical Teachers ( IMLA ), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) , International Shipping Association ( ISF ), International Association of Classification Societies ( IACS ), Baltic Shipping Association ( BIMCO ), Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Lloyd's Register ) and Japan Post ( NYK ) and other world-renowned shipping companies. The school also actively carries out educational innovation, constantly expands the channels for running schools, and introduces educational resources.

After a hundred years in the wind and rain, Tao Lifenfang continued the Huazhang chapter. Under the correct leadership of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Education, and the provinces and cities, Dalian Maritime University will not forget its original intention, keep in mind its mission , practice the school motto of “Learning from One Thousand Rivers, Deji and Four Seas”, and inheriting “Resolute, Rigorous, Hard-working, Pioneering” The maritime spirit of the University carries forward the maritime tradition of "coming together in the same boat, struggling with hardships, scientific navigation, and patriotism as the root", adheres to the characteristics of shipping, strengthens the connotative development, and strives for the goal of building a world-class maritime university!