大連理工大學城市學院經國家教育部批准成立於2003年3月，是東北首家按新機制、新模式設立的獨立學院，是大連理工大學和中國城市建設控股集團有限公司(國企)下屬的全資子公司大連鬆源企業集團合作創辦的新型普通本科院校。
學院地處中國十大最具經濟活力的濱海城市——大連，校園佔地761畝，建築面積25萬平方米。學院各類辦學設施齊全、先進，爲學生創造了一流的學習和生活條件。
學院根植於大連理工大學，由大連理工大學全面負責學院的教學和管理。學院充分發揮大連理工大學的綜合辦學優勢，根據社會發展的實際需求設置專業，目前設有計算機工程學院、電子與自動化學院、管理學院、建築工程學院、外國語學院和藝術與傳媒學院6個分院，23個專業。學院面向全國招生，現有在校本科生近7700人。
學院依託大連理工大學雄厚的師資力量、豐富的教學資源和先進的管理經驗，實施“多元化”人才培養目標，積極開展教育、教學改革創新，注重優良學風建設，嚴格教學質量管理，面向學生，服務社會，不斷開創人才培養和辦學的新局面。
學院全面貫徹黨的教育方針，治學態度嚴謹，辦學特色鮮明，堅持“以學生爲中心、理論聯繫實際”的辦學理念，積極進取，不斷創新，努力實現“建設一流環境，實施一流教育，創辦一流學院，培養一流人才”的辦學目標，打造社會知名的品牌專業，力爭把大連理工大學城市學院建設成爲國內一流的新型獨立學院。
Licensed by the National Ministry of Education, City Institute, Dalian University of Technology was founded in March，2003. It’s the first independent undergraduate institute in Northeast China, practicing a new type of management and operation, which is run together by Dalian University of Technology(DUT) and Dalian Song Yuan Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary attached to China City Construction Company(state-owned).
City Institute is located in the city of Dalian, one of the ten modern and vigorous economic coastal cities. It covers 7.61 hectares with building coverage of 250,000 square meters. Moreover, our complete and advanced teaching equipment provides students with the first-class studying and living environment.
DUT is in charge of City Institute’s teaching activities and administration. Fully exploiting the teaching strengths of DUT, City Institute has set up the programs to meet the requirements of social development. At present, there are 23 departments in 6 different schools, including School of Computer Science, School of Electronic and Automation，School of Management, School of Architecture and Engineering, School of Foreign Languages and School of Art and Media. In the year 2011, we had nearly 7700 undergraduates from all over the country.
Based on DUT’s abundant teaching staff, rich teaching resources and top-notch managerial expertise, City Institute is striving for multifaceted educational aims, practicing teaching reform and innovation, focusing on encouraging fine academic style. Our “students- centered, society-oriented” educational principle is sure to nurture high quality talents with practical abilities.
With full implementation of our Party’s educational principles, careful and precise teaching attitude and outstanding characteristics, our institute insists on the teaching philosophy of “Students-centered Learning, Theory-based Practicing”. Today, All of us teaching staff are endeavoring to achieve the goal of “creating first-class environment, undertaking first-class education, establishing a first-class institute, cultivating first –class talents” , construct influential major and actively develop our City Institute, DUT into a brand new high-leveled independent institute in China.