Dalian Shipbuilding Vocational and Technical College was approved by Liaoning Provincial People's Government in March 2008 and established by the Ministry of Education. It is a private full-time ordinary college that trains high-quality, technical and applied shipping talents. The level of running a school is a junior college with a three-year academic system; Facing the national college entrance examination, recruit new high school graduates.

The college is located in Dalian Lushun Economic Development Zone University Town, close to Laotieshan National Nature Reserve, World Peace Park, Lushun New Port and Yantai Dalian Railway Ferry Terminal, with beautiful scenery. The campus covers an area of 270,000 square meters, and the school building covers an area of 1 1 10,000 square meters.

Facing the shipping industry and port industry, the college offers majors such as navigation technology, marine engineering technology, electrical automation technology, international shipping business management, etc., and trains applied professional and technical personnel urgently needed by the society. Due to the broad employment prospects of the majors and directions set up, the graduates have outstanding professional characteristics, and employers are very enthusiastic about hiring.

The College also cooperated with Jilin University to carry out distance education, and jointly established the "Off-campus Learning Center for Distance Education of Dalian Shipping Vocational and Technical College of Jilin University", offering majors such as mechatronics, computer science and technology, e-commerce and economic management, and enrolling junior college students independently with qualified results. Jilin University issued a diploma with national recognition and electronic registration by the Ministry of Education.

In the early days, the college mainly hired retired experts and professors from Dalian Maritime University and their graduate students and undergraduates, and recruited a group of captains and chief engineers with practical experience as professional teachers of the college. The teaching staff is strong, paying attention to students' quality education and practical ability training. The college has distinctive management characteristics, students are semi-militarized, and organizations such as the Youth League Committee and the Student Union are sound.

The college fully implements the Party's educational policy, adheres to the purpose of vocational and technical education, serves the development of shipping industry, and achieves the goal of establishing a first-class shipping vocational and technical college with a rigorous academic attitude and distinctive school-running characteristics.