Shenyang University of Technology (SUT) is situated in Shenyang-a key modern city and the economical, cultural, communication, trade and commercial hub in the Northeastern region of China. With four distinct seasons, beautiful scenery, rich cultural heritage, Shenyang is the most important heavy industry base in China ,always known as "Oriental Ruhr ". Shenyang is also an ideal place to study Chinese, for it’s located in mandarin language area.
SUT is an engineering oriented comprehensive university, with its subjects covering such seven areas, as engineering, science, economy, management, liberal arts, laws and philosophy. SUT founded in 1949 is made up by 4 campuses, namely, Central Campus, Xing shun Campus, Science and Technology Park which are located in Shenyang City of Liaoning Province and Liaoyang Campus which is located in Liaoyang City of Liaoning Province. Covering a total area of 1,596,000 square meters, SUT is authorized for the conferment of Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree and Doctor' Degree. 5 first-level disciplines and 17 second-level disciplines are authorized for the conferment of Doctor' Degree, and 71 second-level disciplines for the conferment of Master's Degree. The university also has 3 post-doctoral research centers in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Material Science, and 4 Mater's Degree programs in Engineering, Business Administration, Accounting and Engineering Management. Besides, there are 1 key discipline in Electrical Machine and Apparatus at national level, 4 key first-level disciplines at provincial level as well as 16 key second-level disciplines at provincial level. SUT has 50 undergraduate programs and 20 three-year-term programs, 5 state-level specialized feature specialty construction points, 8 demonstration undergraduate professionals of Liaoning Province. By now, there are 16087 undergraduates, 2778 postgraduates and 1831 three-year-term students in SUT. Its teachers strength is abundant ; its scientific research is plentiful. SUT has created National Engineering Technology Research Center,MOE Engineering Technology Center, Provincial Ministry of Education Key Laboratory and Province University Humanities Social Sciences Key Research Base.
SUT has began to enroll and cultivated more than 3000 foreign students from 12 countries such as Korea, Japan, America, Russia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Turkey, the Philippines, Uganda since 1985. These students include Chinese Trainees, exchange students, preppies, undergraduates taught in Chinese or in English and postgraduates which majors are Electrical Engineering and Automation, Architecture, International Business and Trade, Accounting, Business Management, Marketing and Chinese Language, etc. And it has become the host institution of “Chinese Government Scholarship” authorized by the Ministry of Education of China (MOEC) at present. SUT has established stable and long-term collaborative relations with 36 colleges and universities from USA, Russia, Japan, Germany, UK, Australia, Korea, Finland, Taiwan, etc; and it developed multiple Chinese-Foreign cooperative programs on bachelor & master’s levels.
