Shenyang Institute of Technology is an ordinary undergraduate institution approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. Its predecessor was the Applied Technology College of Shenyang Ligong University, which was founded in 1999. In 2013, the Applied Technology College of Shenyang Ligong University and the Science and Technology College of Shenyang Agricultural University jointly transformed and established Shenyang Institute of Technology. In 2017, it became a demonstration institution for the transformation of ordinary undergraduate institutions in Liaoning Province to application-oriented ones.
Shenyang Institute of Technology is located in the Shenyang-Fushun Reform and Innovation Demonstration Zone, with its campus overlooking the Hun River to the north. It is conveniently situated and covers an area of 1,680 mu (252 hectares) with a floor area of 468,000 square meters. Shenyang Institute of Technology has full-time junior college students and undergraduate students of over 19,500, including international students. It has 12 teaching units and offers admission to 42 undergraduate majors and 6 vocational majors.
Shenyang Institute of Technology holds high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, thoroughly studies and implements Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implements the Party's educational policy, implements the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, adheres to educating people for the Party and our country, and studies and implements The spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China continues to form vivid practice, integrating activities of learning from Lei Feng into daily life. It was awarded the "Lei Feng School of Liaoning Education System", "Advanced Unit of Party Building Work" for private schools in Liaoning Province and "Civilized Campus of Liaoning Province".
The school takes "constructing the best application-oriented university" as its development objective, adheres to the educational philosophy of "people-oriented and learning for application" and the governance strategy of "school management based on law, governance by experts, all-staff education and characteristic development", and vigorously promotes the school motto spirit of "pursuing excellence and mutual assistance for altruism". Since its establishment, Shenyang Institute of Technology has delivered more than 65,000 graduates to our country. Every year, the number of students who pursue further studies accounts for over 10% of the total number of graduating students. Shenyang Institute of Technology was awarded as "Advanced Unit for Graduate Employment Work of Regular Colleges and Universities in Liaoning Province in 2021".
The school attaches great importance to the construction of the teaching staff and implements the strategy of strengthening the school with talents. Currently, the school has 818 full-time teachers. Among them, 268 teachers have senior professional titles, accounting for 32.76%; 793 teachers have master's or doctoral degrees, accounting for 96.94%; and 336 teachers are dual-qualified. In the 2022 edition of the National "Private and Independent Colleges" Teacher Teaching Development Index released by the China Association of Higher Education, our school ranks 10th.
Shenyang Institute of Technology focuses on cultivating talents for the future, guided by industry and enterprise standards and taking the advancement of digital and intelligent technology-enabled transformation of education and teaching as the handle. The school constantly enhances the construction of teaching conditions. It has jointly established modern industrial colleges with enterprises such as Inspur, Huawei, KUKA, Rockwell Automation, and Midea, introduced industry-leading high-level new industrial production equipment, and created 25 high-level practice teaching centers empowered by digital and intelligent technologies and 257 laboratories, among which are 7 provincial-level various experimental and demonstration centers. It has established 203 off-campus practice bases with in-depth cooperation, of which 8 have been recognized as provincial-level off-campus practice bases.
Shenyang Institute of Technology establishes the central position of teaching, takes the cultivation of practical ability as the main line and relies on the Experimental Teaching Center to reform the talent cultivation model. It employs digital and intelligent technologies to empower the reform of course teaching and endeavors to cultivate new-quality applied talents oriented towards the digital and intelligent era. Currently, Shenyang Institute of Technology has 1 national comprehensive reform pilot major, 2 reform pilot projects of the first batch of outstanding agricultural and forestry talent education and training plans at the national level, 2 national "new engineering" projects, and 1 national "new agricultural science" project. It actively advances the "Double 10,000" plan for professional construction. Currently, Shenyang Institute of Technology has 3 national first-class major construction points, 14 provincial first-class demonstration majors, 10 provincial advantageous majors, 1 national first-class course, 9 provincial excellent courses, and 93 provincial first-class courses. It has obtained 10 first prizes, 18 second prizes, and 23 third prizes of provincial teaching achievement awards.
Shenyang Institute of Technology incorporates entrepreneurship and innovation education into the entire process of talent cultivation. Over the past five years, students have demonstrated remarkable achievements in university students' innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, achieving 816 national awards and 9,320 provincial awards. In the 2023 National Competition Ranking of Undergraduate Students in Regular Higher Education Institutions released by the Chinese Association of Higher Education, Shenyang Institute of Technology ranks 16th among private universities in the list of undergraduate students' competitions from 2019 to 2023 (ranked 2nd in Liaoning Province) and 58th among "newly established undergraduate institutions" in the list of undergraduate students' competitions from 2019 to 2023 (ranked 2nd in Liaoning Province).
Shenyang Institute of Technology lays significant emphasis on the construction of scientific and technological innovation capabilities, adheres to the integration of industry-university-research-application, and possesses 2 key laboratories of Liaoning Province, 1 key laboratory of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, 1 Liaoning Province Engineering Technology Innovation Center, 1 Liaoning Province Technology Transfer Demonstration Institution, and 1 Liaoning Province Pilot Base. Over the past five years, it has undertaken 2 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 4 projects of the National Art Fund, 1 project of the Science and Technology Committee of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, 1 project of the Central Leading Local Project, and 168 provincial and ministerial-level projects.
Shenyang Institute of Technology adheres to the open strategy of running school and actively promotes international exchanges and cooperation. It has established cooperative relations with 45 universities in 15 countries and initiated projects such as the mutual dispatch of teachers and students for academic exchanges, mutual recognition of credits, and consecutive undergraduate and postgraduate programs, thereby expanding the international horizons of teachers and students. International research platforms have been successively established, including the "Belt and Road" i5 Intelligent Manufacturing Research Center, the Sino-Russian International Joint Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, the Sino-Russian Academic Alliance, the Sino-Russia-Ukraine-Belarus Cooperation and Exchange Center, and the Sino-Belarus Innovation Center for Hardening Restoration and Protection of Mechanical Parts. Shenyang Institute of Technology meets the demands, offers "all-foreign-language, small-class, and immersive" language-intensive services, highlighting the characteristics of cultivating "professional plus language" compound talents. Carry out education for overseas students in China for countries along the "the belt and road initiative", build the brand of "studying abroad in Shenyang Institute of Technology", and accept a total of 302 foreign students from 22 countries to study in the school. It has been recognized as a pilot school for internationalization level evaluation in Liaoning Province.
For many years, the entire Shenyang Institute of Technology has been dedicated to practical efforts and forging ahead with determination. The various undertakings of the school have flourished and achieved abundant fruits. The data from the 2018 national satisfaction survey on higher education organized by the China Institute of Education Science indicate that the satisfaction rate of our students regarding the educational quality, educational environment, and the overall situation of the school is approximately 85%. The satisfaction rates of all indicators are significantly higher than the average level of national institutions. The school has been selected as a first-class private university in China in the "Wu Shulian 2024 China Private Universities Ranking", ranking 9th.
Facing the future, Shenyang Institute of Technology will be guided by Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the socialist direction of running schools, hold to the "local and application-oriented" orientation of running schools, implement the development strategy of "connotation improvement, characteristic development, open education, innovation and breakthrough", focus on promoting quality construction to a higher level, make every effort to ensure the development of the school to a higher level, comprehensively promote various management levels, and make unremitting efforts to build the best application-oriented university.
