A Brief Introduction to LNSHU

Liaoning Shihua University was founded in 1950 in Dalian, Liaoning Province,

which was the first petroleum school in China. In 1953,Liaoning Shihua
University moved to the city of Fushun, Liaoning Province. In March, 2002,
under the ratification of the Ministry of Education, the name of the university
was changed from Fushun Petroleum Institute into Liaoning Shihua University.
It is a state-owned, non-profit making institution of higher education and the
first of its kind across China. For the past 52 years since its foundation,
Qingdao University has fostered turned out more than 40,000 students for
China petrochemical industry.
Liaoning Shihua University covers an area of over 2000 mu, with the building
area of 355.000 square meters, and possesses 758.000 volumes of books.
The asset totals 0.32 billion yuan, with the teaching and researching
instruments worth 70 million RMB. At present, Liaoning Shihua University has
12.000 students of different levels (507 graduates, 7277 undergraduates).
The working staff exceeds 1450, including 850 teachers. There are 412
professors, associate professors and other technical personnel with senior
academic or technical titles,14 doctoral tutors, and 103 master tutors.15
teachers enjoy the State Council Special Allowance,1 teacher has been
selected into the 1st2nd level of talents of the National hundred -thousand-ten
thousand talents project,2 teachers have been chosen as national outstanding
teachers;11 have been selected into the 1st2nd level of talents of provincial
hundred-thousand-ten thousand talents project,32 teachers have been chosen
as provincial or ministerial outstanding experts, disciplinary leaders and
outstanding teachers;9 have been chosen as provincial and ministerial model
workers.
Liaoning Shihua University has also engages over 200 part-time professors at
home and abroad, including 10 academicians from the Academy of Science of
China and the Academy of Engineering of China. The university has 10 majors
which have the qualifications for conferring master's degrees, and 3 fields
conferring master's degree of engineering. In the university, the on-job
students can also apply for their master's degrees. The university has 29
undergraduate majors,10 of which are administered by the state,2 second
degree majors and 19 junior degree majors.
The university now has 11 schools and colleges: School of Petrochemical
Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Information
Engineering, School of Science, School of Foreign Studies, School of
Humanities, School of Physical Education, Shunhua College, Vocational and
Technical College and College of Adult Education. In addition, the university
has 6 teaching and research centers: Analysis and Testing Research Center,

Petrochemical Research and Development Center, Mechanical Research and

Development Center, Industrial Control Research and Development Center,
NEU (Northeastern University)-Alpine & Shandong University Research and
Development Center, and Computer Center. Chemical Technology, Applied
Chemistry and three other specialties are the key disciplines of provincial and
ministerial level. The university has the qualifications for enrolling foreign
students and sending students to study abroad.