Founded in 1952, the school is one of the six undergraduate aviation colleges directly under the former Ministry of Aviation Industry. Formerly known as Shenyang Aeronautical Industry School, it has gone through the stages of Northeast No.1 Industrial School, Shenyang No.1 Industrial School, Shenyang Aeronautical Industry School, Shenyang Aeronautical Industry Institute, Shenyang Aeronautical Industry Institute and Shenyang Aeronautical Industry Institute.
As of March 2022, the school covers an area of 173 1.63 mu, with a building area of 829,600 square meters, total fixed assets of 2.349 billion yuan, total teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment of 642 million yuan, and the library has more than 2,654,380+copies of paper and electronic books. There are 26 teaching and research institutions, 52 undergraduate enrollment majors, 2 first-level discipline authorization points for doctoral degrees [36], 15 first-level discipline authorization points for master's degrees and 7 professional master's degree points; There are more than 600 faculty members/kloc-0, full-time teachers 1063, and more than 20,000 students of all kinds.