Dali University, referred to as "PolyU" for short, was selected as a pilot university in the "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education. It is a comprehensive undergraduate school with the advantages of medicine, pharmacy, education and biology, featuring ethnology and art, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines and levels. It is a provincial and national institution of higher learning.
The school is located in Dali, the central city in western Yunnan, and has many laurels, such as national historical and cultural city, national scenic spot and nature reserve, national excellent tourist city, and national best charming city.
The school covers an area of more than 2,300 mu with a building area of 646,600 square meters. Since the merger, nearly 700 million yuan has been invested. There are two campuses: Gucheng Campus and Xiaguan Campus. The school headquarters is located in the ancient city campus, where the grass is lush and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. Because of its charm of "mountains and rivers in universities, universities in mountains and rivers", the school has become an innovative humanistic landscape in Xanthium landscape.
Dali's snacks are also very distinctive, such as famous shredded milk powder, wonderful bait blocks, crispy Baba, and tender and smooth chicken rice noodles. Meizijing Hotel on Renmin Road is an old name in Dali.