Universities in Dalian
The World Maritime University (WMU) was founded in 1983 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, as its premier centre of excellence for maritime postgraduate education, research, and capacity building.
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics has its mission of "cultivating outstanding financial talents and serving economic and social development". It is a university of finance and economics that highlights the advantages and characteristics of economics and management, and the coordinated development of economics, management, law, literature, science and other disciplines.
Dalian University of Technology is the first formal university of a new type founded by the Communist Party of China on the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, for the construction of China's industrial system.