Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of
Dalian University of Technology Co.,LTD Introduction

Established as a comprehensive college-based design institute under the Ministry of Education in 1985, the Institute is also a wholly-owned enterprise of Dalian University of Technology, which is mainly engaged in the design and consulting for civil engineering projects. The Institute consists of five divisions (planning, construction, Port & Waterway, municipal, bridges and tunnels), two subordinate institutes or functions (engineering consulting and geotechnical engineering), a water conservancy planning office, two architectural creation laboratories, a drawing review center and two branches in Ningbo and Shenzhen. The current president is Huang Jian and the Chief Engineer is Li Zhongjun.
The Institute has the qualifications certified by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development of the People’s Republic of China (MOHURD) in engineering consulting, design and surveying and other fields including:
- 1. Class-A Qualification in Engineering Consulting (Construction; Port, River and Sea Works; Municipal Utility Works (Municipal Traffic, Water Supply and Drainage));
- 2. Class-A Qualification in Urban and Rural Planning;
- 3. Class-A Qualification in Building Industry (Construction Engineering Design);
- 4. Class-A Qualification in Water Transportation Industry;
- 5. Class-A Qualification in Municipal Utility Industry (Bridge, City Tunnel, Road, Drainage);
- 6. Class-A Qualification in Specialized Engineering Investigation Category (Geotechnical Engineering);
- 7. Class-A Qualification in Drawing Review of Constructional and Municipal Engineering Works;
- 8. Class-B Qualification in Municipal Utility Industry (Water Supply);
- 9. Class-B Specialized Qualification in Highway Industry (Highway);
- 10. Class-B Specialized Qualification in Chemical and Petrochemical Medicine Industry (Storage and Transportation of Petroleum and Chemical Products);
- 11. Class-B Specialized Qualification in Landscape Architecture;
- 12. Class-B Qualification in the Design of Building Industry (Civil Air Defense Works);
- 13. Qualification in Pressure Pipeline (Class-GB2 Utility Pipeline, Class- GC1, GC2 and GC2 Industrial Pipeline);
The Institute has been certified by the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, Environmental Management System and Occupation Health and Safety Management System.
the Institute has more than 300 employees, including 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 149 employees with the titles of professor and senior engineer or higher titles, and 110 employees holding registered qualification certificates.
Supported by Dalian University of Technology in terms of reliable talents and effective technology, the Institute can provide design and consultation services for various large and complex projects.
Meanwhile, the Institute is backed by experts, professors and scholars specialized in various engineering disciplines and various key laboratories of Dalian University of Technology which provide reliable and effective talents and technical support for the Institute to provide design and consultation services for various large and complex projects.
The Institute provides various services for all sectors of society, including the preparation of project proposals and engineering feasibility study reports, planning and consulting for preliminary projects, civil and industrial building engineering design, Port & Waterway engineering design, municipal utility engineering design, urban planning, architectural decoration design, engineering investigation and surveying and drawing review. As a college-based design institute, the Institute has attached great importance to the research and application of new technology, new processes and new materials, and strives to make perfection more perfect and achieve innovation in the engineering design projects undertaken.
In addition to the efforts made to strengthen talent training, improve the expertise and focus on the all-round development, the Institute has accomplished plenty of high-quality and influential design projects in the process of continuous development, adhering to the management idea of giving priority to quality and services and the core concept of developing a harmonious and progressive design team. The Institute has developed design plans for more than 3,000 projects of all kinds with the total investment reaching hundreds of billions of yuan for years. More than 180 completed projects have received the ministerial, provincial and municipal awards for excellent design. The Institute is also rated as an Excellent Organization in Dalian.
As a design and research enterprise with strong comprehensive strengths, advanced science and technology, a wide radiation range, a great influence and a strong international competitiveness, the Institute was rated as one of the top 10 Architectural Design Enterprises and one of the top 20 Engineering Investigation and Design Enterprises among more than 600 design enterprises in Liaoning Province.