Dalian University of Technology, referred to as "Dagong", is located in Dalian, Liaoning Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The Ministry of Education and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense have established universities, and the Ministry of Education, Liaoning Province and Dalian City have established universities, becoming "double-class" universities. [104] National "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" to build universities. As of April, 20021year, the school has three campuses: Dalian Lingshui, Development Zone and Panjin, with a total area of 357 1.300 square meters and a building area of about 1.8825 million square meters. There are 6 departments, 2 1 independent colleges and teaching departments, 3 specialized colleges and 1 independent colleges, offering 9 1 undergraduate majors. There are 29 first-class doctoral programs, 42 first-class master programs and 26 post-doctoral research stations.