School of Science was established in 2002 based on the former Basic Courses Department. The school has three undergraduate majors, Information and Computing Science, Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering (Optical Information Science and Technology, Information Display and Optoelectronic Technology), and Applied Statistics. The school has one first-level master degree program of Optical Engineering, and three second-level master degree programs including Physical Electronics, Science and Technology of Photoelectric Material, and Optimization Theory and Process Control.

The school has three Teaching and Research Offices: Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Information and Computing Science, Applied Statistics, and three teaching departments: Advanced Mathematics, Engineering Mathematics, and College Physics, as well as two experimental teaching centers of Physical Experiments and Professional Experiments. The school has a tactful teaching team who has rigorous scholarship with a broad research field. They undertake the teaching task of the university-wide basic courses, such as mathematics, physics and physical experiments and their relevant courses for all undergraduate students and graduate students.

Now the school has 809 undergraduate students and 19 postgraduate students.

The school has now 96 staff members, among which 85 are full-time teachers, including 10 professors and 29 associate professors. 25 of them have a doctor degree and 45 have a master degree. There are 2 provincial distinguished teachers, 2 university-level distinguished teachers and 4 excellent university-level distinguished teachers. There is one Provincial excellent teaching team. Among the young teachers, 2 of them were awarded the winners as Shenyang Teaching Model, 1 of them got the title as Shenyang Teaching Expert. 4 teachers in our school gained support from the project of Supporting Plan for Excellent Talents in University in Liaoning Province, and 2 of them were granted “May 1st Labor Medals.”