Dalian University of Technology is a medium-grade 985 university. Dalian University of Technology, referred to as Dagong, located in Dalian, Liaoning Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense have established universities, the Ministry of Education, Liaoning Province and Dalian City have established universities, national "double first-class" universities and national "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project". There are 39 985 universities in China, and Dalian University of Technology ranks 27th among the 985 universities in China. Therefore, it can be judged that Dalian University of Technology is at a medium level among 985 universities. The trump card major of Dalian University of Technology is mechanical design, manufacturing and automation. Other key majors are: electronic information engineering, architecture, civil engineering, information and computing science, applied physics, process equipment and control engineering, chemical engineering and technology, ship and ocean engineering, material forming and control engineering.