The International Education College was established in May 2009 (renamed as the International Students’ Education Center in October 2017) as the centralized management unit for international student education, which is responsible for coordinating the enrollment and training, daily management, teaching and research of Chinese as a foreign language of the university, as well as the relevant coordination and liaison of student training in Sri Lankan campus.
The International Students’ Education Center (hereinafter referred to as the Center) is located at the bank of Xinhai Lake in the campus. It has one teaching building dedicated to international students with complete facilities and advanced equipment, covering an area of 3000 square meters, and more than 20 multimedia classrooms, providing a modern teaching environment for Chinese courses, professional courses, traditional cultural courses, etc
Relying on the university's strong strength and resource advantages, the Center has built a teaching and research team with high academic level, strong professional ability and rich teaching experience after years of efforts and exploration. It has established an international management team with strong sense of responsibility, high comprehensive quality and excellent professional ability. It has built a set of management systems for studying in China with distinctive professional characteristics. Rich cultural accumulation and clear division of responsibilities have been formed,and a series of characteristic study programs that meet national and international standards have been launched, gradually improving the international influence and competitiveness of the "Study in DMU" brand.
With the support of the university and its superior departments, the center has focused on attracting excellent technical, management and scientific research talents from government departments, enterprises and institutions in the field of transportation in the countries along the the Belt and Road, as well as the sister universities of the World Maritime University Federation to study in the university, ensuring the quality of international student education.
The university's training programs for international students include: undergraduate, master's, doctor's, Chinese language training, undergraduate preparatory courses, professional training, study tours and other academic and non academic programs. In addition to the Chinese teaching program, the university has built all English teaching programs at the master's and doctoral level around the double first-class construction discipline group. By the end of 2024, 25 all English teaching postgraduate programs have been established, including Marine Science and Technology, Marine Engineering, Logistics Engineering and Management, Law, Business Administration, Computer Science and Technology, and Environmental Science and Engineering, which greatly meet the demand for all English teaching programs in the international market for studying in China.
