Shenyang Ligong University (SLU), founded in 1948, whose predecessor was Northeast Military Special School, was upgraded to Shenyang Institute of Technology in 1960 and renamed Shenyang Ligong University in 2004 upon approval of the Ministry of Education. In 2010, Liaoning Provincial Government signed the agreement with China Ordnance Equipment Group and China Ordnance Industry Group to co-construct Shenyang Ligong University. It was approved as “the co-constructed university by National Defense Science and Technology Industry Bureau and Liaoning Provincial Government” with features of national defense in 2016. SLU is the pilot site for National Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program, one of Chinese Institutions admitting international students under Chinese government scholarship programs and also one of the universities approved by the Ministry of Education to recruit high-level football team.
Over 70 years of construction and development, serving in Liaoning and facing the whole country, SLU has developed from a single-discipline military and technological school into a multi-disciplinary university with distinctive features of national defense.
SLU covers an area of 1,130,000 m2with magnificent, solemn and elegant campus buildings covering 444,000m2, which consists in a fresh and pleasant environment. There is a local area network on the campus. The library occupies an area of 40,000m2with 1,375,200 paper books in the collection and 2,425,200 books in total. The students’ cultural and sports facilities are all in readiness. A standard stadium and students’ sports center are established, which provide a good foundation for the all-round development of college students. SLU has the only Weaponry Museum in northeast China and it is the National and Provincial Popular Science Education Base, the National Defense Education Base of Liaoning Province and the Patriotism Education Base of Shenyang city.
SLU has a comprehensive system for cultivating undergraduates, postgraduates and doctors. It has 19 schools and 55 undergraduate majors which belong to seven disciplines including engineering, science, economics, management, humanity, laws and art. SLU has 2 State-level National Characteristic specialty Construction Sites, 1 National Professional Comprehensive Pilot Reform Specialty, 19 Provincial Characteristic (Demonstration) Specialties, Pilot Reform Specialties and Key Support Specialties, 6 Provincial Teaching Teams, 1 Ministry of Education Quality Video Class, 13 Provincial Quality Courses, 14 Provincial Video Classes and Quality Resources Sharing Courses. In the assessment, it was identified by the Ministry of Education as an excellent university of undergraduate teaching in 2007.In 2011, SLU was established by the Ministry of Education to carry out the National Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program. It has 1 National Level Outside-school Undergraduate Practice Base, 17 provincial undergraduate Practice Base, Experimental Teaching Centers and Engineering Practice Centers.
There are 1,685 teaching staff and faculties, including 1 Double Academician, 424 doctoral, master tutors, 546 professors and associate professors, 13 at the hundred-level of the “Ten Million Talent Project”, national outstanding teachers, State Council Experts for Special Allowance, New Century Excellent Talents from Ministry of Education. 70 Provincial Leading Talents, Provincial Outstanding Experts, Provincial Distinguished Professors, Provincial Outstanding Teachers, talents of Provincial University Outstanding Scientific and Technological Personnel Support Plan, Provincial University Outstanding Young Scholars Growth Plan, Provincial hundred-level of the “Ten Million Talent Project”, 4 Liaoning Province Innovation Teams.
SLU has 17,003 full-time students, among whom 15,385 are undergraduate students, 1,398 are PHD students and postgraduates, 1 Doctoral Training Program, 1 Postdoctoral Research Station and 1 Postdoctoral Workstation, 13 First-level and 45 Second-level Disciplines for Master Degree Program. 8 Master-accredited Fields for Engineering and 4 Professional Degree Authorization Sites, 1 State-level Shenyang Sino-Russian Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base, 1 National Key Lab for 863 Plan, 1 Provincial Key Science and Technology Platform. 5 National Defense Fields, 1 Provincial First-level Discipline, 5 Provincial Key Disciplines, 4 Provincial Characteristic Disciplines and Cultivating Discipline,, 26 Provincial and Ministerial Level Key Laboratories (Engineering Technology Research Centers).
Since the twelfth five-year plan of Chinese government, SLU has started 2800 research programs, receiving funding of more than 300 million RMB. 130 research programs have been approved by National Science Foundation, key research programs of Ministry of Technology, Equipment Development Department of Central Military Commission, and State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry National Defense. SLU has received more than 40 provincial awards and successfully applied for 1056 patents, and published 1434 papers which could be retrieved in ISTP, EI and SCI.
SLU has established stable cooperation with over 80 universities in 18 countries, such as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Finland, etc. SLU has conducted cooperative education programs with Silesian University of Technology in Poland. Four advanced laboratories have been built with 9 institutes from the National Academy of Sciences of Russia and Belarus. SLU has conducted joint programs, including 2+1+1，2+2 and 3+1, with universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Russia, France and other countries. SLU is one of Chinese Institutions admitting international students under Chinese government scholarship programs, and since 2015 has recruited 1685 overseas students, among whom 58learned with Chinese government scholarship for undergraduates, 274 of whom with Chinese government scholarship for postgraduates. Confucius Institute has been established based on the cooperation with Tomsk State University in Russia, and was honored as ‘Outstanding Global Confucius Institute’ in 2015.
SLU adheres to the working principle of “Education-oriented, Innovation, Strengthening characteristics, Improving quality”, fully implements three strategies (Characteristic University, Enhancing university by talents and Open university) and five projects (Teaching Quality, Scientific and Technological Innovation, Discipline Promotion, Teaching Staff Construction, Management System Reform). With the spirit of “Patriotism, Dedication, Self-improvement, Seeking Truth and Pursuit of Excellence” and the motto: “Keep Your Ambition, Advance Your Intellect; Combine High Ability with Moral Integrity”, people in SLU are striving to build it into an applied and research university with distinctive national defense features.
