Dalian Foreign Studies University, referred to as "Dawai" for short, has the motto of "advocating morality and learning from others", and its address is No.6, the west section of Lushun South Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian, Liaoning Province. It is a provincial university in Liaoning Province, and it is a multi-disciplinary foreign language university with foreign languages as the mainstay, and the disciplines of literature, management, economics, engineering, law and art support each other and develop in a coordinated way. The school has 20 teaching units and 43 undergraduate majors, covering 15 foreign languages. In 20 17, the school was selected as a first-class university in Liaoning province.

Dalian International Studies University was founded on 1964, renamed Liaoning International Studies University on 1970, upgraded to Dalian International Studies University on 1978, awarded a master's degree on 1986, renamed Dalian International Studies University on 20 13.

The school has specialties with ethnic characteristics: Korean, Russian and English; Provincial demonstration majors: English, Russian, Korean, German; Provincial comprehensive reform pilot majors: Russian, English, Korean; Provincial dominant majors: Russian and English; National excellent course: advanced Russian comprehensive course; National quality resources * * * Enjoy the course: advanced Russian comprehensive course. The school has successively won the second prize of National Teaching Achievement Award 1 and the first prize of Liaoning Teaching Achievement Award 1.