Далянь теңіз университеті

Public university in Dalian, Liaoning, China

Dalian Maritime University (DLMU; ) is a public university in Dalian, Liaoning, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Transport. The university is part of the Double First Class Construction.

The long history of the university can be traced back to 1909, when the Nanyang Institute in Shanghai established a Shipping Management Section. DMU was founded in 1953 through the merger of three merchant marine institutions: Shanghai Nautical College, the Northeast Navigation College and Fujian Navigation School. At the time its name was Dalian Marine College, and it was the only maritime college in China. In 1960, DMU was designated a national key institution of higher education. Later in 1983, the Asia Pacific Region Maritime Training Center was established at DMU by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the IMO, and in 1985, a branch of the World Maritime University (WMU) was established. In 1994 the university's name was changed to the present one. On June 6, 2009, DMU celebrated its centennial, with vice chairman of standing committee of 11th National People's Congress Chen Zhili as the main guest.

DMU is located in southwestern Dalian. The university covers an area of 1.13 million square meters with about half a million square meters occupied by buildings. DMU has a training dock and over 40 laboratories for teaching, training and research. DMU also owns and operates an ocean going training vessel of over 10,000 deadweight tonnage.

The university is designated as one of the "Project 211" institutions. Only about six percent of the universities across China were selected in this project. The university consists of 14 colleges and departments. Currently DMU has 42 undergraduate programs, 2 first class doctoral programs, 12 second class doctoral programs, 7 first class master's degree programs and 59 second class master's degree programs. Transport Engineering first class discipline has a post doctoral R&D base. The university is authorized to confer MBA, MPA, J. M., and Master of Engineering, an on the job master's degree. The current student population has risen to approximately 17,000. Additionally, DMU enrolls overseas students for bachelor's and master's degrees and PhDs. More than 4,000 overseas students and advanced professionals from over 30 countries and regions have been educated and trained at DMU. DMU has an academic agreement with 4 academicians from the National Academy of Engineering, 39 chair professors, and 148 visiting professors.

Since 1979 when the reform and open door policy started, DMU has established cooperative relations with more than 20 internationally renowned maritime institutions like the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), the Association of the Maritime Education and Training Institutes in Asia Pacific (AMETIAP), the International Maritime Lecturers Association (IMLA), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the International Shipping Federation (ISF), the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), as well as some world famous shipping companies. Recently, there are about 40 students from China and the Southeast Asian countries who are studying at DMU in English under the World Maritime University scholarship, to earn the master's degrees in 14 months.