1. College Overview
The educational history of the College of Navigation and Naval Architecture at Dalian Ocean University can be traced back to 1952 when the Marine Engineering Department and Fishing Department were established at the founding of the university. It is one of the first nine institutions in China to offer the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering program, and is the only college in the country that integrates three undergraduate programs: Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Navigation Technology, and Marine Engineering.
The college has comprehensive teaching and research facilities, including the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Experimental Teaching Center and the Provincial-level Maritime Professional Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, with a total area of 3,700 square meters. These facilities comprise 35 functional laboratories covering the three major disciplines of Navigation Technology, Marine Engineering, and Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, and are equipped with advanced teaching equipment such as navigation simulators and marine engineering simulators. Additionally, the college possesses several national and provincial-level research and teaching platforms, including the Fishing Vessel Safety Research Center of the State Fisheries Vessel Inspection Bureau and the Crew Education and Training Base of the China Maritime Safety Administration, providing solid support for talent cultivation and scientific research.
The college implements the national strategies of building a strong maritime nation and the Belt and Road Initiative, adhering to the development philosophy of building a blue university. Seizing the opportunity of transforming towards application-oriented education, the college unites its efforts, forges ahead with determination, and strives to build a high-level Navigation and Naval Architecture College with distinctive professional characteristics, excellent talent cultivation quality, and industry recognition, endeavoring to provide technological and talent support for China's shipbuilding and shipping industries.
2. Scientific Research Achievements and Research Teams
The college currently has a high-quality and well-structured teaching and research team consisting of 53 faculty and staff members, including 44 full-time teachers. Among them, there are 3 professors and 12 associate professors. Twenty teachers hold doctoral degrees, and 28 hold master's degrees. A teaching and research team centered around academic leaders and backbone teachers has been preliminarily formed. Fifteen teachers hold seafarer competency certificates (including 4 captains and 3 chief engineers), and there are over 40 industry practice instructors, forming a dual-qualified teaching team of university teachers + industry experts. The college has 1 dual-appointed academician, 3 visiting professors, and includes industry experts such as members of the Ministry of Education's Teaching Guidance Committee for Marine Science Programs and members of the Liaoning Provincial Higher Education Teaching Guidance Committee. It also has 2 senior experts in the national fishing vessel, fishing machinery, and fishing gear industry, provincial-level talents such as Liaoning Provincial Outstanding Young Backbone Teachers, and multiple individuals selected for the university's Zhanlan Scholars (Blue Sea Scholars) and Weilan Yingcai (Azure Talent) programs.
The college has established research teams including the Fishing Vessel Standardized Design Team, the Team for Tracking Fisheries-related International Conventions and China's Response Strategies, the Fishing Vessel Safety Technical Condition Evaluation System Team, the Fishing Vessel Pollutant Evaluation and Energy-saving Emission Reduction Treatment Solutions Research Team, and the Shellfish Aquaculture Facility and Equipment Research Team. These research teams undertake the dual tasks of disciplinary research and professional teaching, forming a symbiotic structure of discipline trunk—program branches—team leaves, achieving precise alignment with national strategic needs in areas such as ship intelligence, green energy, and maritime security.
Relying on platforms such as the Fishing Vessel Safety Research Center of the State Fisheries Vessel Inspection Bureau and the Liaoning Provincial Fishery Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center, the college focuses on research in the fields of naval architecture and ocean engineering, navigation, and marine engineering, serving industry development needs. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the college completed 39 vertical projects, produced 148 high-quality papers, achieved 36 patent results, obtained 30 copyright and publication results, received 34 achievement awards, and secured approximately 11.83 million yuan in horizontal project funding.
3. Disciplines and Programs
The college has prominent advantages in its disciplinary platforms, possessing a first-level discipline master's degree program in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and a professional master's degree program in the field of Naval Engineering. All three undergraduate programs are provincial-level first-class undergraduate education construction programs, with the two navigation-related programs being provincial-level demonstration programs for transformation to applied education. The college has established 1 Liaoning Provincial Navigation and Naval Architecture Modern Industry College, achieving deep integration of disciplines and programs with industrial development. All 59 courses in navigation-related programs have passed course confirmation by the China Maritime Safety Administration. The college has obtained approval for 4 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses, 6 university-level first-class course cultivation projects, 5 curriculum ideology and political education projects, etc. It has published 23 textbooks, with 4 approved as university-level planned textbooks.
4. Talent Cultivation Effectiveness
The college adheres to the fundamental task of fostering virtue and cultivating talents, guided by the principle of all-member, whole-process, and all-round education. It has been approved as a Liaoning Provincial Three-All Education Demonstration College, with significant achievements in talent cultivation quality. The college has received 3 provincial-level teaching achievement awards (1 first prize, 2 second prizes) and 17 university-level teaching achievement awards (2 first prizes). It has obtained approval for 3 Ministry of Education Industry-University-Research Collaborative Education Projects, 4 provincial-level undergraduate teaching reform research projects, 10 university-level projects, and 5 provincial intercollegiate cooperation projects. The college has established stable practical teaching and employment bases with multiple units including the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., and Dalian Shipping Group, strengthening school-enterprise collaborative education.
The college currently has 1,382 enrolled students, including 1,166 undergraduates (276 in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 451 in Marine Engineering, 439 in Navigation Technology) and 217 graduate students. The employment rate for both graduate and undergraduate students remains stable above 90%, all of which are high-quality employment positions.
In the past three years, relying on platforms such as the National College Student Xiaoping Technological Innovation Team and the Liaoning Provincial College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base, students have participated in more than 10 scientific and technological innovation competitions including the China Internet + College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Challenge Cup, and the National College Student Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Design Competition. They have cumulatively won 239 awards (including 48 national-level and 191 provincial-level awards), with student participation exceeding 2,500 person-times.
The college implements quasi-military management, emphasizing the cultivation of students' humanistic qualities, and has built an educational brand centered around the Youth Anti-epidemic Assault Team that integrates patriotic spirit, national spirit, and the striving spirit for building a strong maritime nation. The navigation culture education project, characterized by inheriting maritime culture and craftsmanship spirit, has cultivated a college ethos of cultivating virtue, practicing earnestly, seeking truth, and dedicating oneself. The Youth Anti-epidemic Assault Team has received titles such as Provincial Advanced Collective in Fighting the COVID-19 Epidemic and Provincial Advanced Primary-level Party Organization. The General Party Branch was rated as an Advanced Party Organization by the university. One individual received the Provincial Huayu University Counselor of the Year award, one received the Provincial Huayu College Student of the Year award, the student party branch received the Liaoning Provincial Advanced Primary-level Party Organization award, and one individual received the Liaoning Provincial Outstanding Communist Party Member award. The deeds of the Youth Anti-epidemic Assault Team have been reported by more than 100 media outlets including China Central Television (CCTV), winning social reputation for the university.
