According to China Education Online, there are three 985 universities in Liaoning Province: Dalian University of Technology, Northeastern University and Panjin Campus of Dalian University of Technology; Four 2 1 1 universities: Dalian University of Technology, Northeastern University, Dalian Maritime University and Liaoning University. Among them, Dalian University of Technology and Northeastern University are both 985 colleges and 2 1 1 colleges.

985 University is the general name of the first-class universities in China, and the "985 Project" has been implemented. There are116211universities and 39 985 universities in China. At present, the education department no longer accepts applications from 2 1 1 and 985 universities, and has made overall plans as follows.