About Shenyang University of Technology
Shenyang University of Technology (SUT) is an engineering-centered, application-oriented and multidisciplinary university. In the university, a variety of disciplines are offered, including engineering, science, economics, management, humanities, law, philosophy, and arts. The university was originally founded in 1949 and named as Shenyang Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering supervised by the former National Ministry of Machinery and Industry. In 1985 it was renamed as Shenyang University of Technology (SUT). Since 1998 the university has been jointly sponsored by Liaoning Province.
SUT currently consists of four parts: the Central Campus, Xingshun Campus, the National Science and University Science Park, and Liaoyang Campus. The Central Campus is the main campus which is located in the Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, a cluster area of equipment manufacturing industries.
In total, SUT covers an area of 1,589,900㎡, with a construction area of 742,700㎡. In SUT, there are 20 schools, 2 teaching departments and 2 engineering training centers. Moreover, 55 undergraduate programs and 19 vocational programs are also offered in the university. Currently, SUT is home to about 32,000 students, including 28,370 undergraduate and diploma students, more than 3,800 graduate students and 214 overseas students.
Up to now the university faculty consists of 1,313 members, including 2 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 186 professors, 402 associate professors, 666 lecturers, 165 Ph.D. supervisors, 516 master supervisors, and 78 young and middle-aged academic pacesetters in their chosen field of learning. Teachers with master’s and doctor’s degrees account for 85.8 percent of all the faculty members, and 35.3 percent of them are Ph.D. holders. Professors and associate professors comprise 44.8 percent of the full-time teachers. Among the faculty members there are winners of National May 1 Labor Medal and State Science and Technology Award; 15 teachers enjoy Special Government Allowances of the State Council; 2 teachers have been selected as members of National Key Talent Project, another one as Climbing Scholars of Liaoning Institutions of Higher Education, and 64 as members of Liaoning Key Talent Project (Hundred and Thousand Program levels). In addition, there are 8 provincial distinguished professors, 6 provincial excellent experts, and 6 winners of Young Teacher Award by Fok Ying-Tung Education Foundation.
The university is authorized to confer the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor’s degrees. It has 1 national key secondary discipline (Electrical Machines and Apparatus), 4 provincial first-class disciplines supported by the project of building top class universities in Liaoning Province (Electrical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrument Science and Technology) and 4 postdoctoral research stations of these disciplines, 5 Ph.D. programs in primary disciplines, 20 Master programs in primary disciplines, and 5 professional degrees: Master of Engineering, Master of Accounting, Master of Business Administration, Master of Engineering Management, and Master of Finance, among which the program of Master of Engineering covers a series of 13 sub-disciplines.
Facing the world with an open mind, SUT has established intercollegiate partnerships with 49 universities and colleges in the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Korea, and Finland, etc. It has been recruiting overseas students since 1995. Since 2001, the university has launched international joint education programs with Griffith University in Australia and Benedictine University in the United States in cultivating undergraduates and postgraduates. Over 1,700 undergraduate students have studied or are going to study abroad in Australia, and around 300 MBA students have graduated from the joint program with Benedictine University.
Upholding the motto ofSelf-improvement and Sincere Actand carrying forward the spirit ofHard Work and Self-discipline, SUT with its historical heritage and expectations for the future, is forging ahead toward its goal of becoming a nationally renowned university with unique industrial characteristics.
Basic information
City: Shenyang, Liaoning
Founded in: 1949
Type: Public
Number of total students: 34472
Number of international students: 88
Number of faculty: 1393
The International Exchange Center of Shenyang University of Technology is a formal teaching unit to meet the development and foreign exchange of the internationalization of school education, and the demand for international talents. It is a new type of school running with many functions such as foreign cooperation, training of foreign students, international exchange and cooperation, language training and cultural exchange. At present, the center has established good partnerships with many foreign universities and educational institutions, and has been working effectively at the same time.
The center has the center office, the teaching management office, the student work office, the MBA program office, the communication and cooperation office, the overseas study department, the overseas study department, the Chinese language teaching and research department and so on.
The International Exchange Center has undertaken and implemented the Sino foreign cooperative education program of Shenyang University of Technology. Among them, the cooperation program with Griffith University, Australia, the undergraduate education program of international economy and trade and the undergraduate education program of accounting specialty, and the cooperation with Benedictine University of the United States to hold the master’s degree education program of business are approved by the Ministry of education.
At present, 726 students of the 1347 graduates who have studied abroad through the undergraduate program of our university are mostly selected to continue their employment after further study; the MBA program has been successfully held for 14 sessions and the number of graduates reaches 559. All of them have become the backbone of their respective posts.
The Sino foreign cooperation program of Shenyang University of Technology has been highly praised by the provincial education department, and it has also been fully affirmed by the society. The international exchange center has now become an overseas training base for Shenyang cadres approved by the Shenyang Municipal Committee of the Municipal Committee.
Since 1995, our university has received foreign students and opened the undergraduate and Chinese language majors in 2006, and has now recruited 12 sessions foreign students. All the Chinese language teachers in our school have the qualification of teaching Chinese as a foreign language.
The international exchange center has continuously strengthened its relations with foreign cooperative institutions, vigorously introduced the high quality education resources, drawing on the advanced experience and management model of foreign universities, and fostering international talents, which has played an active role in improving the school running level and promoting the process of the internationalization of school education.
SUT is an engineering-oriented comprehensive university, with its subjects covering engineering, science, economy, management, liberal arts and laws. Mechanical engineering, electronics, electric power, chemical engineering, architecture and information science and technology have constituted the bulk of the engineering area. At present it has a School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, School of Information Science and Engineering, School of Economics, School of Administration, Science School, School of Literature and Law, Petrochemical Engineering School, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, School of Foreign Languages, Lifelong Education School, School of International Education, Xinghua School, Senior Vocational Technology School, Postgraduate School, School of Software, Physical Education Section, Engineering Practice Center and other supplementary sections.
There are 35 undergraduate programs offered at SUT, 21 of which lead to master’s degree. It is authorized for the conferment of Scholar degree, master’s degree and doctoral degree. SUT’s nationally accredited doctoral programs include Electrical Machinery & Electrical Apparatus and Material Processing Engineering. The A level subject of Electrical Engineering has its own post doctoral research center. Electrical Machinery and Electrical Apparatus has obtained the status of state-level key subject. SUT has obtained the authorities for the recruitment of students for master’s degrees of engineering, special testing for on-the-job students for master’s degrees, the conferment of master’s degree for the on-the-job students, and the recruitment of international students including students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
The campus consists of two parts: the core campus, the original Shenyang Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College (adjacent to Shenyang Economy and Technology Developing Zone) and the division Liaoyang campus (the previous Liaoyang Petrochemical College, adjacent to the petrochemical base).
