The school started at 1952, and successively belonged to the Ministry of Industry of the Northeast People's Government and the Ministry of Central Heavy Industry. 1958, the upgraded undergraduate course was named shenyang institute of chemical technology, which belongs to Liaoning Provincial People's Government. Guo Moruo, president of China Academy of Sciences, inscribed the name of the school. 1960 was renamed as University of Science and Technology Liaoning; 1962 changed back to shenyang institute of chemical technology, Ministry of Chemical Industry; The school-running system of 1998 was jointly established by the central and local governments and mainly managed by Liaoning. 20 10 was renamed as Shenyang university of chemical technology.

As of April 20 17, the school covers an area of nearly 1500 mu with a building area of over 400,000 square meters. There are 25 secondary departments and related institutions, including 3 first-level master programs 13, 64 master programs in two disciplines, 4 professional master programs (including 7 master programs in engineering) and 57 undergraduate majors. More than 4,000 full-time undergraduates, postgraduates and international students/kloc-0; Faculty 1 100 people. Shenyang University of Chemical Technology accounts for 58% of male students and 4 1% of female students. The university with the highest proportion of female students is Nanjing Health School, followed by Hebei Women's Vocational and Technical College. Shenyang University of Chemical Technology ranks behind 100; The major with the highest proportion of female students in Shenyang University of Chemical Technology is business administration, followed by English.