DPU aims at cultivating professional talents in the various fields of light industry, including textile processing, food science, art etc. The university is authorized to confer bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees. DPU has 47 bachelor's degree programs, 13 first-class master's degree programs, mainly in the areas of engineering, science, literature, and management discipline, 3 first-class doctorate degree programs, in Textile Science and Engineering, Light Industrial Technology and Engineering, Foodstuff Science and Engineering. DPU has a teaching faculty of 958 teachers, of whom 141 are professors and 248 are associated professors.
DPU has 25 province-level and ministry-level scientific research centers, including one national research center of Sea Food Seafood Engineering, one national Engineering Technology transfer center, one national science and technology innovation center, 2 national engineering centers, and 5 key laboratories of Liaoning Province.Short Courses
University Ranking
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2023
901
2022
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2021
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ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2024
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2023
1735
2022
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Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Library services
Founded in October 1958, DPU Library was originally named Library of Shenyang Institute of Light Industry. At the end of 1970, it was moved to Dalian city and named Library of Dalian Institute of Light Industry; it was renamed Library of Dalian Polytechnic University in March, 2007.
Currently, there are 65 students’ clubs and associations of different areas including art, culture, sports, scientific innovation, volunteer and life. They can fit your needs for learning Chinese cultures and making friends. If you are interested in learning Chinese language and cultures, you could join the association of public speaking, club of traditional Chinese cultures, club of calligraphy, and association of tourism and culture. If you are good at singing and dancing, you could join university’s chorus, club of dancing, club of music. If you are a big fan of sports, you could join club of badminton and club of tennis. If you are a art lover, you could join club of reading, club of photography, and New Green Movie Studio. If you would like to make contributions to international communication, you could join association of international communication, which is led by International Office and Students’ Affairs Office. The association is composed of six subdivisions to organize various types of activities such as “One-to-One” language learning partnership, cultural lectures, and extracurricular activities.