Dali University

Dali University is a provincial public university located in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. The university is affiliated with the Yunnan Provincial People's Government.

Dali University

大理大学
Front facade of ancient city campus
Motto	博学达真 大德至理
Motto in English	Dade Dudgeon learned to reason
Type	Provincial Public
Established	October 2001; 23 years ago (2001)
President	Zhang Qiaogui
Administrative staff	1,200
Students	17,900
Location	Dali , Yunnan ,  People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban, 410 acres
Colours
Website	www.dali.edu.cn

The university is located in the famous tourist city Dali, Yunnan, which was the capital of Nanzhao Country over 1,000 years ago. The University has two campuses, one is ancient city and the other is water lily. It covers an area of 2,500 mu or about 410 acres. And it covers ten academic disciplines, including education, management, economics, law, philosophy, literature, science, engineering, medicine, agriculture and art. The University has one college, sixteen schools, eight research institutes, forty-nine undergraduate degree programs, twenty-eight master's degree programs and more than seventeen thousand full-time students. The university is located in the foothills of the Cang Mountains, overlooking Erhai Lake and the city of Dali. It is honored as University in the landscape, the landscape of the University.

Dali University specializes in research and teaching. It employs 971 full-time teacher, 122 professors, 287 associate professors.

Dali University is an international university that enjoys a high reputation in Southeast Asia and throughout South Asia.^[1] As of 2013, there were more than 5000 international students graduated from Dali University. They were from 42 countries and regions, including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, USA and South Korea.^[2] As of 2011, there were 759 full-time international students. The University has established many exchange and cooperation projects and academic research working with more than 40 foreign universities.^[3] As of 2012, according to the Chinese Ministry of Education, Dali University ranked the most foreign bachelor's degree students in Yunnan Province. It was 34 out of 2490 in the country for foreigners getting a bachelor's degree.^[4]

Campus

Dali University covers an area of 2,500 mu (about 410 acres) located in China’s historical and cultural city Dali (Ancient Town). It has two campuses, one is at Gucheng (Ancient City campus) and the other one is at Xiaguan (Water Lily Campus). The Ancient City campus is located in the foothills of the Cangshan mountains, overlooking the Erhai Lake and the city of Dali. The Water Lily Campus is located in downtown.

Dali University's buildings are a blend of ancient and contemporary art. The University campus consists of large academic buildings, dormitory buildings, libraries, large parks like public spaces, athletics facilities, department stores, dining halls and the central administrative offices. The University provides shuttle bus service inside campus. Additionally, just outside the university main gate, students can access public transport to downtown or other stations.

Academics

Research

National Level Research Projects 76 International Research＆Protection Projects 7 Monographs and Teaching Materials 115 SCI ＆ EI 146

Provincial Level Research Projects 109 China Invention Patents 71 Papers 2800

Academic organization

College

Dali College

Schools

School of Education School of Agriculture and Biology Science School of Chinese Language and Literature School of Foreign Languages School of Pre-clinical School of Art School of Nursing School of Sports Science

School of Economics and Management School of Public Health School of Mathematics and Computer School of Engineering School of Marxism School of Pharmacy and Chemistry School of continuing education School of Clinical Medicine

Research institutes

National Culture Research Materia Medica Research Erhai Lake Resource Protection Research Tourism Culture Research

Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research Pathogens and Vectors Research Economics Research Astronomy and History of Science and Technology Research

Academic exchanges

• Established partnership with Fauna & Flora International（FFI）
• Established partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
• Established partnership with Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
• Sign a cooperation agreement with Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Kingdom of Thailand)
• Mr Laurie, the famous psychiatrist, the professor of Edinburgh University held a lecture August 2013
• The academic symposium between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’universities and Chinese universities^[5] March 2013
• Teaching master's degree courses with Deakin University (Australia)^[6] December 2012
• The academic symposium of China's geophysical and applied mathematics^[7] September 2012
• Sign a cooperation agreement with Namseoul University (South Korea) September 2012
• The academic symposium of the law between China and Japan^[8] March 2012
• Sign a cooperation agreement with Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (Australia)^[9] September 2011
• The meet of exchange between Korea Maritime University and Dali University December 2010
• The first international academic symposium of the Bai nationality language August 2009
• The academic symposium of the folklore cross-strait May 2008
• The symposium of minority traditional culture protection in Dali-Lijiang Railway District with the Asian development bank^[10] March 2008
• The academic symposium of the Bai nationality folk song with Japan August 2006

Libraries and collection

Dali University Libraries are networking, electronics and intelligence, and holding some 2.15 million volumes.

Dali University has one collection, saving a lot of ethnic medicine literature and many historical references of the local culture that are more than one thousand years old.

Rankings and reputation

As of 2022, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking ranked Dali University 5th in Yunnan Province after (Yunnan University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan Normal University, and Yunnan Agricultural University) and 308th in China.^[11] Dali is the only university in Dali City to rank among the top 5 universities in Yunnan province, apart from major universities, located in the provincial capital city of Kunming.^[12]

Dili University ranked 2295th worldwide and 371th in China by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2021/22.^[13]

International Co-operation

Representatives and Delegations from Puducherry / Pondicherry ( Mr. K Lakshminarayanan - MLA , Former Minister , Mrs. Radha Srinivasagoplane , Dr. Bikash Kali Das - Chinese Consultant ) visited Dali University 2016 .07. 29

The consul general and vice consul general of Australia consulate general in Chengdu visited Dali University^[14] February 2014

The delegation from Thailand's ministry of education visited Dali University^[15] July 2013

The Republic of Suriname ambassador visited Dali University^[16] February 2013

The vice president of faculty of education of Deakin University in Australia visited Dali University^[17] September 2012

The ambassador of Thailand's foreign office and diplomatic academy visited Dali University^[18] September 2012

The delegation of Burma’s association of culture and education visited Dali University^[19] September 2012

Nepal Medical Association delegation visited Dali University^[20] October 2011

The Mildura City (in Australia) delegation visited Dali University^[21] September 2011

Taiwan's Chienkuo Technology University delegation visited Dali University August 2011

The South and South-east Asia press corps visited Dali University^[22] June 2011

The women's basketball team of St. Mary’s College of Maryland visited Dali University^[23] May 2011

The consul general of Pakistan consulate general in Chengdu visited Dali University^[24] April 2011

The economic counselor of consulate general of Pakistan in Chengdu visited Dali University.^[25] March 2011

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External links

• (in Chinese) Official Website
• (in Chinese) Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research

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