# 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.
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.

## History

Dali University can be traced back to its predecessors, Dali Medical College and Dali Teachers College, which were established in 1978. In 2001, the two schools merged to form Dali College.

## 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
### Academic organization
#### College

Dali College

#### Research institutes
### 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 March 2013
* Teaching master's degree courses with Deakin University (Australia) December 2012
* The academic symposium of China's geophysical and applied mathematics September 2012
* Sign a cooperation agreement with Namseoul University (South Korea) September 2012
* The academic symposium of the law between China and Japan March 2012
* Sign a cooperation agreement with Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (Australia) 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 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

Dali University is an international university that enjoys a high reputation in Southeast Asia and throughout South Asia. 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.
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. 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.
Dili University ranked 2082th worldwide and 361th in China by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2023/24.
As of 2024, Dali University was ranked # 2138 globally, # 932 in Asia and # 358 in China in the 2024-2025 Best Global Universities by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.

## International Co-operation

The University has established many exchange and cooperation projects and academic research working with more than 40 foreign universities.
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 February 2014
The delegation from Thailand's ministry of education visited Dali University July 2013
The Republic of Suriname ambassador visited Dali University February 2013
The vice president of faculty of education of Deakin University in Australia visited Dali University September 2012
The ambassador of Thailand's foreign office and diplomatic academy visited Dali University September 2012
The delegation of Burma’s association of culture and education visited Dali University September 2012
Nepal Medical Association delegation visited Dali University October 2011
The Mildura City (in Australia) delegation visited Dali University September 2011
Taiwan's Chienkuo Technology University delegation visited Dali University August 2011
The South and South-east Asia press corps visited Dali University June 2011
The women's basketball team of St. Mary’s College of Maryland visited Dali University May 2011
The consul general of Pakistan consulate general in Chengdu visited Dali University April 2011
The economic counselor of consulate general of Pakistan in Chengdu visited Dali University. March 2011