SYLU has 19 schools (teaching departments). There are 1,677 teaching staff and faculties, including 1 Double Academician, 398 doctoral, master tutors, 534 professors and associate professors, 29 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, members of National Professional Teaching Committee, 63 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.
SYLU has 54 undergraduate majors. In the assessment, it was identified by the Ministry of Education as an excellent university of undergraduate teaching in 2007. SYLU has 2 State-level National Characteristic specialty Construction Sites, 1 National Professional Comprehensive Pilot Reform Specialty, 16 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 2011, SYLU 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, 11 provincial undergraduate Practice Base, Experimental Teaching Centers and Engineering Practice Centers.
The university has a number of strong scientific research institutions and technology development bases and a Municipal University Science Park. The state level new products such as bar code, flying saw machine, large-scale crewing bush and Torch Projects have brought about remarkable social and economic benefits. Since the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, SYLU has received a total funding of 940 million yuan in science and technology, a total of more than 3200 scientific research projects (1200 projects of national and provincial level). More than 50 scientific research achievements have won national and provincial awards. The number of patent applications in SYLU is more than 110 per year. SYLU undertakes 195 national and provincial education reform projects and 52 education reform achievements win national and provincial awards.
SYLU 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 SYLU are striving to build it into a high level multidisciplinary coordinated university with distinctive features.
As an international university, we welcome students from all over the world.
