Dalian Maritime University is a university directly under the central government and the only university directly under the Ministry of Transport. Recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as one of the few maritime universities with "international reputation" in the world, it is a key university in the national "2 1 1 project" construction sequence. 1960, Dalian Maritime College was identified as a national key university; 1994, approved by the State Education Commission, Dalian Maritime College was renamed Dalian Maritime University.

The school has 5/kloc-0 undergraduate majors, 6 first-class doctoral programs, 32 doctoral programs in two disciplines, 18 first-class master programs, 128 master programs in two disciplines, and has MBA, MPA, J.M. and master of engineering management. Six post-doctoral mobile stations. Traffic information engineering and control and ocean engineering are national key disciplines. At the same time, the school recruits foreign students studying for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. More than 4600 graduate students. Over the past 50 years, the school has trained nearly 70,000 senior professional and technical personnel for the country, most of whom have become the backbone of China's shipping industry. The school has also trained more than 4,000 international students and various senior professional and technical personnel for more than 70 countries and regions.