Dali University is an institution of higher learning jointly established by provinces and states. Its predecessor was Dali Medical College and Dali Normal College, which was founded in 1978. 200 1 The two universities merged to form Dali College. In 2003, he was awarded a master's degree, renamed Dali University on 20 15, and awarded a doctorate on 202 1. After 43 years of schooling, the school has developed into a comprehensive university with the advantages of biomedicine, national culture and ecological environment, and featuring the education of international students. It is the earliest undergraduate institution in Yunnan Province, located in a non-provincial capital city, with the right to award master's and doctoral degrees, and its role and position as a "leading goose" in Yunnan local universities are increasingly consolidated.