Beijing 592, Tianjin 579, Hebei 62 1, Shanxi 569. Dalian University of Technology, referred to as "Dagong", is located in Dalian. 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. "Building a first-class university from a world-class university", National "985 Project", "2 165438".