Dalian University of Technology is the first new formal university founded by the Communist Party of China on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Dalian University of Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is a national key university for the "211 Project" and "985 Project" and a Class A construction university in the world. The school aims at cultivating elite talents, promoting technological progress, inheriting excellent culture, and leading social trends. Adhering to the spirit of big work, which is "Hainanchuanchuan, self-reliance, integrity, integrity, knowledge and action", it is committed to creating, discovering, imparting, Preserve and apply knowledge, have the courage to assume social responsibility, serve the country, and benefit humanity.

Dalian University of Technology was established in April 1949, when it was Dalian University of Technology; July 1950, the establishment of Dalian University was revoked, and Dalian University of Technology was independently established as Dalian Institute of Technology; in October 1960, it was identified as a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education; Established a graduate school in April 1986; renamed Dalian University of Technology in March 1988; started construction of the "211 Project" in 1996; the Ministry of Education, Liaoning Province, and Dalian jointly established Dalian University of Technology; in 2001, the "985 Project" was started Construction, the Ministry of Education, Liaoning Province, and Dalian have jointly established Dalian University of Technology; In December 2012, the Ministry of Education officially approved Dalian University of Technology to build the Panjin Campus in accordance with the guiding ideology of “overall planning, misaligned development, adherence to standards, and innovative models”, and to run schools of the same standard, grade, and level as the main campus. In September 2017, with the approval of the State Council, it was selected into the list of world-class universities in the construction of Class A universities.

The school currently has 4,082 faculty members, including 2,580 full-time teachers. The school has 13 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering, 36 academicians of the two academicians of the part-time teacher, 11 members of the Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, "34 specially-appointed professors, 4 lecture professors, 19 young scholars, 44 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, and 31 people selected by the National Ten Thousand Talents Program (including 20 leaders in science and technology innovation, 2 leaders in philosophy and social sciences 2) People, 4 teaching teachers, 5 young top talents), 10 chief scientists of the "973 Program" project, 2 chief scientists of the "973 Program" young scientist project, 20 national candidates for the multi-million talent project, Ministry of Science and Technology 16 innovative young talents were selected as the leading talents for science and technology innovation, 17 were awarded by the Ministry of Education Cross-century Excellent Talent Fund, 4 were awarded the "National Teaching Masters Award", and 37 were undergraduate teachers from ordinary universities in Liaoning Province. There are 2 famous teachers in the "Xingliao Talent Program"; 958 doctoral supervisors, 2371 master supervisors, full-time teachers Advanced title 865 people, senior titles in 1158, 4737 school doctoral students, graduates 13171 people, 25611 people undergraduates.

The school adheres to the principle of cultivating people by virtue of ethics, and attaches equal importance to undergraduate education and postgraduate education. It has formed a multidisciplinary education system focusing on science and engineering and coordinating development of science, engineering, economics, management, literature, law, philosophy, and art. The school has a graduate school, 6 faculties, 17 independently formed colleges, teaching departments, 3 specialized colleges, and 1 independent college. There are 29 first-level doctoral programs, 136 second-level doctoral programs, 42 first-level masters programs, 222 second-level masters programs, 26 post-doctoral research stations, and business administration (MBA, including EMBA) , Public Administration (MPA), Architecture, Finance, Applied Statistics, Art, Translation, Engineering Management, Journalism and Communication, Urban Planning, Chinese International Education, Sports, Electronic Information, Machinery, Materials and Chemicals, Resources and Environment, Energy Power The right to grant master's degree in 19 categories such as civil engineering, water conservancy, biology and medicine, the right to grant 4 doctoral professional degrees such as electronic information, machinery, materials and chemical engineering, civil engineering and water conservancy, and the right to grant master's degree for in-service study. The school has 88 undergraduate majors and 78 undergraduate majors for enrollment, including 23 national-level specialty majors, 48 ​​first-class undergraduate education demonstration majors in Liaoning Province, and 24 national engineering education certification (assessment) majors. There are 4 national-level education and teaching bases (National Engineering Chemistry Teaching Base, National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, National Integrated Circuit Talent Training Base, National Science Basic Science Research and Teaching Talent Training Base), and 8 National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers (Basic Chemistry Experimental Teaching Center, Engineering Training Center, Electrical and Electronic Experimental Teaching Center, Basic Physics Experimental Teaching Center, Civil Engineering Experiment Teaching Center, Liberal Comprehensive Experimental Teaching Center, Chemical Engineering Comprehensive Experimental Teaching Center, Mechanical Engineering Experimental Teaching Center), 3 National virtual simulation experimental teaching center (chemical virtual simulation experimental teaching center, electrical and electronic virtual simulation experimental teaching center, vehicle engineering virtual simulation experimental teaching center), seven national teaching teams, is the Ministry of Education's "three comprehensive education" comprehensive reform The first batch of ten pilot universities, the national implementation of engineering education reform, ten pilot universities, the country's first batch of colleges and universities experimental experiment plan pilot universities, the first batch of national universities practice education and innovation and entrepreneurship bases, the first batch of national universities and colleges with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, the first Approved national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the first batch of pilot universities of the Ministry of Education's "Outstanding Engineer Education Training Plan", and the first batch of pilot universities for public foreign language teaching reform by the Ministry of Education.

The school's fields of engineering and chemistry have been selected as the world's first-class discipline construction lists, and the advantageous disciplines have abundant resources and strong research capabilities. There are 4 national key disciplines at the first level and 6 national key disciplines at the second level. In the construction of world-class universities, the school focuses on the construction of 7 subject groups, covering 17 first-level disciplines, and Liaoning Province focuses on the construction of 20 first-level disciplines. Currently, 9 disciplines have entered the top 1% of ESI international disciplines, of which engineering, chemistry, materials science, and computer science have entered the top 1 ‰; 8 disciplines have entered the top 500 of the QS world disciplines; the fourth round of disciplines in the country In the evaluation results, a total of 32 first-level disciplines participated in the evaluation, 7 disciplines entered the category A, and 19 disciplines entered the category B (among them B +, 8); in the Shanghai Soft Science Best Discipline Ranking, 13 disciplines entered the top 10% of the country. . In the first professional degree evaluation in 2016, 1 A (Business Administration) and 1 A- (Public Management) were obtained.

The school has a number of high-level scientific research platforms, including a national “2011 Collaborative Innovation Center” (Liaoning Major Equipment Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center), 3 national key laboratories (National Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Fine Chemicals State Key Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Structural Analysis of Industrial Equipment), 1 National Engineering Research Center (National Engineering Research Center for Shipbuilding), 6 National Local Joint Engineering Research Centers (Engineering Laboratories) (E-government simulation national and local Joint Engineering Research Center, National Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy-Saving Control Technology for Industrial Equipment, National Joint Engineering Research Center for Advanced Equipment Design and CAE Software Development, National Joint Engineering Laboratory for Bridge and Tunnel Technology, National and Local Union for Manufacturing Management Information Technology Engineering laboratory, national and local joint engineering research center for comprehensive utilization of thermal energy), 4 national-level international scientific and technological cooperation bases, 1 national university technology park (Dalian University of Technology National University Science Park), 1 national technology transfer center (Dalian Polytechnic University Technology Transfer Center), 1 National Technology Center (National Vibration and Strength Testing Center of Dalian University of Technology), 1 National Intellectual Property Strategy Implementation Research Base, 1 National Intellectual Property (Liaoning) Training Base; 1 Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education Cooperative Innovation Center (Liaoning Green Chemistry and Chemical Industry Cooperative Innovation Center), 6 Ministry of Education key laboratories (Key Laboratory of Precision and Special Processing Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering of Ministry of Education, Marine Energy Key Laboratory of Utilization and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Three-Beam Modification of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control and Optimization of Industrial Equipment of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Precision / Special Processing and Micro Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education [Class B]) , 5 Engineering Research Centers of the Ministry of Education (Engineering Research Center of Molded Building Materials Products, Engineering Research Center of Manufacturing Management Technology, Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Animal Food Safety Assurance Technology, Engineering Research Center of Industrial Equipment Monitoring and Control, Ministry of Education , Engineering Research Center of Advanced Polymers and Composite Materials, Ministry of Education), 28 Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory, 13 Liaoning Provincial Engineering Technology Research Centers, 13 Liaoning Provincial Engineering Research Centers (Engineering Laboratories), 1 Joint Laboratory of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education, 1 National First Batch of Universities' Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation and Technology Transfer bases; 7 national innovation research groups, 4 innovation teams in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology's innovative talent promotion plan, and 10 innovation teams from the Ministry of Education. Since 2001, the school has received a total of 58 national scientific and technological achievements awards, and 30 items in the first completion unit, including 2 first-class national technology invention awards , 1 National Science and Technology Progress Award (Innovation Team); Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Achievement Awards 671 Since 2012, it has won 1 Chinese patent award, 1 silver award and 9 outstanding awards as the first completion unit.

The school is close to the mountains and the sea, and the conditions for running the school are excellent. The school structure of one school, two places (Dalian, Panjin) and three districts (Dalian Lingshui Main Campus, Development Zone Campus, and Panjin Campus) has been formed, with a total area of ​​3.5713 million square meters and a construction area of ​​about 1.755 million square meters Meter. The school library has more than 3.35 million books and more than 64,000 Chinese and foreign electronic journals. The school's existing sports venues cover an area of ​​196,000 square meters. The school has a first-class smart campus environment. The three campuses have full coverage of wired and wireless networks. The campus card provides identity verification, payment and consumption through various methods such as swiping cards, scanning codes, and swiping faces. Advanced level.

The school plans new actions in the overall situation of national openness, creates a new pattern of internationalized schooling, and actively participates in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” education action and the construction of a community of shared future for mankind under the guidance of the international strategy of “mainly me and open schooling”. 251 well-known overseas universities and research institutions in 35 countries and regions have established long-term and stable inter-school cooperation. In terms of student internationalization, the school has more than 150 overseas exchange programs including national public dispatch, joint training, exchange learning, short-term exchange visits, overseas internships, etc .; in 2019, a total of 2633 long-term and short-term exchange students were dispatched; as of the end of 2019, in the school The number of international students was 1,611, a record high. In terms of teacher internationalization, from 2016 to 2019, 3,415 long-term and short-term overseas experts and scholars were hired, and 19 national-level foreign cultural and educational expert projects were approved in 2019; in 2019, long-term and short-term teachers went abroad for public education, advanced studies, participation, and visits to 1,710 people. .

Facing the future, the school will inherit the red genes of the big workers and carry forward the spirit of big workers. With the goal of building a world-class university with distinctive characteristics, it will implement the historical mission of "four services", deepen comprehensive reforms, strengthen connotative features, and work hard to promote the development of the school to achieve new History spans.