1953 Dalian Maritime College was jointly founded by Northeast Maritime College, Shanghai Maritime School and Fujian Ocean Navigation College. 1978 was incorporated into the ranks of national key universities by the CPC Central Committee. 1994, Dalian Maritime College was renamed Dalian Maritime University. Marine Engineering is listed as one of the 80 major technical specialties in the transportation industry by the Ministry of Education of China. The trainees trained by the Marine Engineering Department are all-round electromechanical engineering and technical engineers who manage all the mechanical equipment and power systems of ships. Marine engineering faces internationalization.
Actively integrate into the requirements of the ocean-going talent market for middle and high-end marine engineering management talents, diligently improve the knowledge ability and literacy structure of college students, and establish a trinity curriculum system with English as the working language, management, use, training and skills as the professional ability, and modesty and diligence as the sense of responsibility. Committed to the implementation of bilingual learning and semi-military management, theory and practice are closely combined as the way, integration is the guidance, and various qualification certificates are evaluated.
Create "three excellent marine engineering professionals with good working attitude, strong professional ability and good English conversation". Navigation technology major is to cultivate high-end ocean-going talents who can master the knowledge and skills in the fields of ship navigation, cargo stowage, loading and unloading, ship actual operation management methods and employee management, ship communication and system software. College graduates are faced with the related work of shipping companies, marine department, shipping companies, pilot stations and ocean university.