Relying on the shipbuilding and shipping bases in Liaoning and Bohai Rim, the School of Shipbuilding Engineering has close ties with domestic shipbuilding and offshore engineering units, and has established three state-level enterprise technology centers-Dalian University of Technology Branch and Dalian University of Technology Branch, which are jointly established with Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Dalian Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. and Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.. At the same time, it has carried out extensive international academic exchanges and cooperation with many relevant foreign universities and research institutions. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (GL), Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR), China Ship and Ocean Engineering Design and Research Institute (708 ships) and Japan Cheung Kong Co., Ltd. all set up special scholarships in this institute and established friendly exchange relations with many universities in the United States, Britain, Japan and South Korea.

The School of Ship Engineering of Dalian University of Technology has also established long-term and stable cooperative relations with Newcastle University, Glasgow University, Duisburg-Essen University, Hiroshima University, Busan University, Chungnam University, national cheng kung university of Taiwan Province Province, american bureau of shipping (ABS), Deutsche Register of Shipping (GL) and Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR), and carried out fruitful cooperation in basic research, applied research and engineering projects.