Dalian Maritime University () is a university located in
Dalian, Liaoning
Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on th ...
, China. It is a key maritime institution under the
Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China
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History
The MOT's origins date ...
, and is a Chinese state
Double First Class University Plan
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university identified by the Ministry of Education.
History
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
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(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.
Facilities
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.
Academics
The university is designated as one of the "
Project 211
Project 211 () was an abolished project of developing comprehensive universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of comprehensive universities and cultiva ...
" institutions. Only about six percent of the universities across China were selected in this project. The university consists of 14 colleges and Departments:
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Navigation
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Marine engineering
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School of Law
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Information Science and Technology College
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Transportation Management College
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Transportation & Logistics Engineering College
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Environmental Science and Engineering College
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Humanities and Social Sciences College
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School of Foreign Languages
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Department of Mathematics
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Department of Physics
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Department of Physical Education
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Specialized Degree College
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Continuing Education College
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
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R&D base. The university is authorized to confer
MBA
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MPA
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Academia
Academic degrees
* Master of Performing Arts
* Master of Professional Accountancy
* Master of Public Administration
* Master of Public Affairs
Schools
* Mesa Preparatory Academy
* Morgan Park Academy
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J.M., and
Master of Engineering
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Australia
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, 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
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, 39 chair professors, and 148 visiting professors.
Cooperative relations
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
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(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
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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(ASEAN), the
International Shipping Federation (ISF), the
International Association of Classification Societies
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(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.
Dalian Government Scholarships
Dalian government offers a number of scholarships to international students who want to pursue higher education at Dalian Maritime University
Dalian Maritime University Scholarships
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* New Undergraduate Student Scholarship
* Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship
* Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship
* Language Study Scholarship
* Language Study Full Attendance Scholarship
Notable alumni
* Li Shengling
* Si Yuzhuo
* Wei Jiafu
* Chen Zhenggao
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Biography
Chen was born in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, China. He wa ...
* Qian Yongchang
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* Liu Gongcheng
* Liu Chuanhai
* Jin Yan
See also
*Chinese shipping
In 1961 China established a state-run maritime shipping company and subsequently signed shipping agreements with many countries, laying the foundation for developing the country's ocean transport. That organization developed into the present-day ...
* Shanghai Maritime University
References
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Universities and colleges in Dalian
Maritime colleges in China
Project 211
Educational institutions established in 1909
1909 establishments in China