Dalian Maritime University is a national key university affiliated to the Ministry of Transport, a national “211 Project” key construction university, and a national “double first-class” construction university. The National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Bureau, the Liaoning Provincial People’s Government, and the Dalian Municipal People’s Government jointly build colleges and universities. There are a group of fully-equipped and fully functional nautical teaching and experimental buildings, a nautical training and engineering practice center, a water survival training hall, a teaching port, a library, a swimming pool, a planetarium, a nautical simulation laboratory, a marine simulation experiment. Besides, there are more than 100 teaching and research laboratories such as laboratories, and 2 ocean-going teaching practice ships.

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