Founding: 1909
Faculty: 88 professors instructing college students, graduates, doctorate and post-doctoral students in 22 majors, 17 master points, 6 doctorate points and a post-doctor mobile station.
Establishment: (12 schools) School of Navigation; School of Turbine Engineering; School of Communication and Transportation Management; School of Electronic Info and Communication Engineering; School of Computer Science and Technology; School of Law; School of Business; School of Human and Social Sciences; School of Environmental Science and Engineering; School of Oceangoing Occupational Technology; School of Adult Education; Department of Foreign Languages; Department Of Physics; Department of Physics; Department of Physical Culture Management; Division of Graduate; Asia-Pacific Maritime Training Centre Established by UNDP and IMD; Dalian Division of the World Maritime University.
Orientation: Sea communication Engineering, navigation info engineering, ship intelligentialization, ship power system and energy saving technology, shipbuilding and repair engineering communication and info system, marine environmental protection, maritime law and regulations system, cooperation with navigation schools in Japan, South Korea, Britain, Australia, Vietnam, Sweden, Russia, the U.S., Egypt, long-term cooperation with IMO, IAMU,AMETIAP, IMLA, APEC, ISF, IACS and well-known world's shipping companies; in 1998, granted quality verification by DNV.
Key disciplines on navigation combined with disciplines on marine communication and transportation.