Dalian Maritime University

Dalian Maritime University (DMU) is the key maritime institution under the Ministry of Transport, People’s Republic of China. DMU enjoys a high reputation internationally as an excellent center of maritime education and training as recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The long history of the University can be traced back to 1909. In 1983, the Asia-Pacific Region Maritime Training Center was established at DMU by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the IMO. In 1985 a branch of the World Maritime University (WMU) was established. In 1997, DMU became one of the member universities of “Project 211”, a plan to build one hundred national-level universities in China.

DMU is located in southwestern Dalian, which is a famous coastal city in northeastern China. The University owns the buildings for maritime sciences that contain fully functional equipment and facilities. There are additional buildings for maritime training and research, survival training, swimming pool, planetarium and libraries. DMU has a training dock and over 40 laboratories for teaching, training and research that also include a full mission ship-handling simulator and an engine room simulator. DMU also owns and operates two ocean-going training vessels.

The University consists of 19 teaching and research units. Presently DMU has 6 post-doctoral programs (R&D base), 31 Doctoral programs, 96 master’s degree programs, and 51 undergraduate programs. The University is authorized to confer MBA, MPA, J.M, MTI, MEA, M. Eng., and on-the-job master’s degree.

The current student population is more than 20,000. Additionally, the university enrols overseas students for Bachelor’s Master’s Degrees and PhDs.

DMU has a highly qualified faculty team of 1225 staff, including 310 professors, 452 associate professors, 348 lecturers, and 101 assistant lecturers. In addition, DMU has an academic agreement with 7 academicians of the National Academy of Engineering, 75 chair professors, and 442 visiting professors.

The University has an international vision regarding academic cooperation and exchange. Up to present, DMU has established cooperative relations with 90 international renowned institutions in 29 countries. The academic relationships with these sister universities are maintained through mutual visits, faculty staff and student exchanges, joint collaborative programs and joint research projects.

Moreover, the University has established long-term cooperative relationships with international organizations and institutions, including the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International

Labor Organization (ILO), the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), the Global Maritime Education and Training Association (GLOBALMET), the International Maritime Lecturers Association (IMLA), The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), the International Shipping Federation (ISF), the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), as well as some world famous shipping companies.

Facing the future, DMU is determined to focus on our mission by exploring and grasping exciting opportunities, and creatively addressing new challenges. With our multiple disciplines for research and education, we will achieve our goal of upgrading the University to a high-level university with distinct maritime characteristics