The school of Marxism of Dalian University of Technology(DUT)founded onApril 22, 2009and was selected into the second batch national key School of Marxism Studies in 2017. The academy is the birthplace of the ideological and moralcourse(1980),one of the seven founding institutions of theundergraduate programof Ideological and Political Education(double degree class, 1984) and isauthorized tomaster degreeof Ideological and Political Education as oneof the first ten institutionsin China(1987). The school of Marxism of DUT is the firstinstitutionto have first-level discipline of doctorate degree ofMarxist theory(2011), post-doctoral station of Marxist theory(2012) and undergraduate program of Marxist theory(2020)in Liaoning Province.
Now, the school of Marxism of DUT has 115 full-time teachers, including 33 full professors, 34 associate professors, 42 lecturers and 6 post-doctors. The academy was awarded the state-level teaching team and the national excellent teaching team of Ideological and Political Theory Course. There are many honorable titles among the faculty, such as one philosophy and social science leading talent of thenational“Ten Thousand Talent Plan”,one national cultural expert and“four one batch”theoretical talent,one famous teacherof thenational“Ten Thousand Talent Plan”, two members of Advisory Board under Ministry of Education, two national excellent teachers, two national excellent university teachers of Ideological and Political Theories, oneProgram for New Century Excellent Talents in Universityof Ministry of Education, three Bao Steel Educational Fund excellent teachers and one national network famous teacher.
The school of Marxism of DUT hasthe first-level discipline of Marxist theory withsevensecond-level disciplines under it. The school has established autonomously two second-level disciplines, which are Educational Theory of Marxism, Diplomatic Thought and International Strategy ofthe Communist Party of China. It has undergraduate program of Marxist theory, the double degree of Ideological and Political Education, seven master programs of second-level disciplines, eight doctoral programs of second-level disciplines and one postdoctoral research station of first-level discipline of Marxist theory. The school has gradually formed a complete higher education system with its degree-awarding programs ranging from BA degree with a major in Marxist theory to the first-order disciplinary-level MA degree with the same major and the doctoral degree in the same research orientation. Over the past decade, the school totally recruit 588 postgraduates and 247 doctoral students.
The school set up eight research institutions, including the Basic Principles of Marxism, Foreign Marxism, the Sinicization of Marxism, Ideological and Political Education, the Modern and Contemporary Chinese History, Contemporary world Economics and Politics, Party’s Construction and Northeast Asian Research Center. There are seven teaching and research departments, including Basic Principles of Marxism, Mao Zedong Thought and Socialism Theory with Chinese Characteristics,Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Ideology Morality and Law, Modern and Contemporary Chinese History, Affairs and Policies and Social Practice of Ideological and Political Theory Courses.
Leading inLiaoning Province, the discipline of Marxist theory ofDUTis supported by10high-end platforms and scientific research institutions,such as
Academic Activity Base ofsocial sciencesin Liaoning Province, A Think Tank from China Think Tank Research and Evaluation Center, Innovative Key Think Tank in Liaoning Province, research and training bases for teachers of courses of ideological and political theories in Liaoning Province, Situational Classroom of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era of DUT etc. The school has actively promoted both national and regional social and economic development, and is constantly building its capacity to serve the community and the society. Centered on the teaching and research of Marxist theory, the school finished up with some significant research achievements in its own approach, including two major programs of Social Science Planning of Ministry of Education, five key programs of the National Social Science Fund of China, twenty-six other type programs of the National Social Science Fund of China, more than sixty programs of ministerial and provincial level. More than six hundreds articles were published at important journals, such as Studies on Marxism, Marxism & Reality, Contemporary, People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily etc. More than thirty academic works were published by important publishing agencies such as People’s Publishing House, China Social Science Press, etc. Some of them have achieved outstanding results. It was award more than thirtyprovincial and ministerial scientific research awards.More than thirty policy advice were adopted or highly recognized by Central Government leaders and related departments.
The school of Marxismhas created the“DUT mode”ofideological and political teaching,which called“bigclass teaching and small class discussion”and upgraded“middle class teaching, small class discussion and artistic performance”. It established the first Situational Classroom of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in China. The school constantly innovate teaching ofIdeological and political case, such as Walking ideological and political course,caseteaching of ideological and political course,“One Hundred Professors, One Hundred Lectures”series of Affairs and Policies course. In the process of exploring efficacious teaching approaches around the educational philosophy“cultivating man of civic virtues and moral integrity”, the school has gradually fashioned its own special characteristics and made considerable achievements. It now has three national-level first-classcourses, two national-level quality course and first-batch national-level quality Open Online Courses, four provincial-level first-classcoursesand provincial-level quality course. The school published fifteen textbooks in recent years and was awarded one national SecondPrizeof excellent teaching achievement and five provincialFirst Prizes f excellent teaching.
The school of Marxism of DUT has actively developed foreign academic exchanges and cooperation. We set up academic relations with Canterbury Christ Church University(UK), Saint Mary's University(Canad) University of Urbino Carlo Bo(Italy), University of Cyprus(Cyprus) and Laos Academy of Social Science. The School supported more than 100 teachers to conduct exchanges and attended international academic conferences. So far, many academic events have been held.At the same time, the schoolcarried out a number of short and medium-term student visits and exchange projects.
New Era,New Journey. The school of Marxism of DUT will make great efforts for the teaching, research and spreading of Marxist Theory and for cultivation of talents in this field. The school will stay true to the founding mission of the party, and keep pressing ahead in our cause.
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