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About the university

Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, is a university jointly established by Sinochem Group and the People's Government of Liaoning Province. It is the first chemical school founded after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, a key university under the Liaoning Province 'Double First-Class' initiative, a key university under the National 'Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in Central and Western China', and the leading university for the World Society of Engineering Thermochemistry and the Engineering Thermochemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society. It has been selected for the National '111 Plan', the National Demonstration University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, the Ministry of Education's Excellence Engineer Education and Training Program, the Ministry of Education's Characteristic Specialty Construction Program, the National College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, the New Engineering Research and Practice Project, and is among the first batch of pilot schools for the Construction of Emergency Management Colleges. It is a member of the CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, a National Engineering Practice Education Center, a National Social Work Demonstration Unit, a National Social Work Professional Talent Training Base, a Liaoning Province Petrochemical Technology Shortage Undergraduate Talent Training Base, a Liaoning Province Professional and Technical Personnel Continuing Education Base, and a Liaoning Province Engineering Education Center. The predecessor of Shenyang University of Chemical Technology was the first chemical industry technical school in New China, founded in 1952. It was upgraded to an undergraduate institution in 1958 and named Shenyang Chemical Institute. In 1960, it was renamed Liaoning University of Science and Technology, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1962, it was renamed Shenyang Chemical Institute, under the Ministry of Chemical Industry. In 1998, the school's management system was changed to a central-local joint construction with Liaoning Province as the main manager. In 2010, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to be renamed Shenyang University of Chemical Technology. As of March 2026, the university covers an area of approximately 1,500 mu (about 100 hectares), with a building area of 600,000 square meters. It has 1,200 full-time teachers and 20,000 enrolled students. It offers 1 first-level doctoral degree program, 1 professional doctoral degree program, 14 first-level master's degree programs, 9 professional master's degree programs, 13 teaching units, and 61 undergraduate programs. It also has a postdoctoral research station in Chemical Engineering and Technology. Shenyang University of Chemical Technology was founded on July 15, 1952, initially named 'Shenyang Chemical Industry Technical School', under the Ministry of Industry of the Northeast People's Government. The original campus was located at No. 3 Shangwu Street, Tiexi District, Shenyang (now No. 11 Aigong South Street), with three specialized departments: Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. Zhang Zhen, then Director of the Chemical Industry Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Northeast People's Government, served as the first president of the school. In October 1953, the school was placed under the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the Central People's Government and renamed 'Shenyang Chemical Industry School of the Ministry of Heavy Industry'. International student education began as early as 1953, with 14 North Korean students enrolled from 1953 to 1954. From 1953 to 1958, the Chemical Engineering Department of Shenyang Mechanical Industry School, the Dye and Analytical Chemistry programs of Jilin Industrial School, the Electrical Engineering Department of Dalian Industrial School, and Shenyang Chemical Industry School were successively merged into the school. On August 10, 1958, the school was upgraded to an undergraduate institution and officially established as 'Shenyang Chemical Institute', under the People's Government of Liaoning Province. Guo Moruo, then President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, inscribed the school name. In June 1960, with the approval of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, the institute was renamed 'Liaoning University of Science and Technology', and the Organic Synthesis program of Fushun Engineering Institute was merged into the school. The school's academic leadership was placed under the Liaoning Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.