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

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, and is a Chinese state

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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

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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. Dalian Maritime Univ-New Gate

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 "

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" 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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* Information Science and Technology College * Transportation Management College *

Transportation & Logistics Engineering College Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land ...

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Humanities and Social Sciences College Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time ...

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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

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R&D base. The university is authorized to confer

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, J.M., and

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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

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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

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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 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

(APEC), the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...

(ASEAN), the International Shipping Federation (ISF), the

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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 UniversityDalian Maritime University Scholarships
/ref> * 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 *

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* Liu Gongcheng * Liu Chuanhai * Jin Yan

References

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