Learn Broadly, Practice Earnestly.

We contribute to social development through creating and refining knowledge while cultivating outstanding management talents rooted in practice.

School of Economics and Management (SEM) of Dalian University of Technology originated from the National Center for Industrial Science and Technology Management Development (at Dalian) (referred to as the National Center at Dalian) and Department of Management Engineering of Dalian Institute of Technology (the predecessor of Dalian University of Technology) founded in 1980. In 1984, Dalian University of Technology and University at Buffalo, the State University of New York took the lead in introducing MBA degree education in China, setting a precedent for MBA education in China. In 1985, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology established School of Management, one of the earliest management schools in China. Up to now, School of Management has been renamed as School of Economics and Management, with 3 academic departments, 2 national engineering research centers (laboratories), 19 provincial and ministerial engineering research centers (laboratories), and the largest domestic management case-sharing platform - China Management Case-sharing Center.

School of Economics and Management of Dalian University of Technology covers three first-level disciplines, namely Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration and Applied Economics. Its talent cultivation and academic research have formed distinct characteristics. Teaching and research achievements are consistently ranked among the top of similar higher education institutions in China. SEM has a high-quality teaching staff led by the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Recipient of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and the Leading Talent of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the National High-level Talents Special Support Program. As the pioneer of the management case teaching method in China, SEM takes the lead in the adoption and promotion of the management case teaching method in domestic universities.

School of Economics and Management makes efforts to promote the internationalization of talent cultivation and has the largest number of international students of Dalian University of Technology. SEM has established long-term and stable cooperation with famous institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, and other countries and regions, and has carried out extensive academic exchanges and cooperative research.

School of Economics and Management has been attaching great importance to international and domestic accreditations, which contributes to the undertaking and internationalization. In April 2015, SEM was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and became the first business school in northeast China to obtain the international top accreditation. Besides, SEM obtained Chinese Advanced Management Education Accreditation (CAMEA) and EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) respectively in May 2016 and in March 2018. SEM was accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) in March 2021. Thereafter, SEM became the seventh institution in the Chinese mainland that obtains triple international accreditations and Chinese Advanced Management Education Accreditation (CAMEA), which is the ultimate accolade for business schools.

School of Economics and Management has been adhering to the concept of "Learn Broadly, Practice Earnestly", with the mission of "We contribute to social development through creating and refining knowledge while cultivating outstanding management talents rooted in practice", striving to motivate itself into a world-leading business school with deep roots in China and making new and greater contributions to the economics and management education in China.