According to China Education Online, the three 985 universities in Liaoning are Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus of Dalian University of Technology and Northeastern University. Dalian University of Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, a national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" key construction university, and a world-class university. With the aim of cultivating elite talents, promoting scientific and technological progress, inheriting excellent culture and leading social fashion, the school adheres to the great engineering spirit of "all rivers run into sea, self-improvement, respecting teachers, and integrating knowledge with practice", and is committed to creating, discovering, imparting, preserving and applying knowledge, courageously assuming social responsibilities, serving the country and benefiting mankind. Based on serving the national development strategy, meeting people's new expectation of sharing high-quality higher education resources, and realizing the development strategic goal of Dalian University of Technology, in 20 12, Dalian University of Technology seized a series of major development opportunities such as the national strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, building an innovative country, building a high-level research university, and opening up the Bohai Economic Zone, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Panjin City, Liaoning Province, and established the Panjin Campus of Dalian University of Technology with the approval of the Ministry of Education. Northeastern University, founded on April 26th, 1923, is a university with a glorious patriotic tradition. 1September, 1998, transferred to universities directly under the Ministry of Education. The school is one of the first national key construction universities in "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". On September 20 17, it entered the ranks of first-class universities. In the course of running a school for nearly a hundred years, Northeastern University has always adhered to the direction of national development and national rejuvenation, and has formed the school motto spirit of "self-improvement, integration of knowledge and practice" and the Dongda culture of "striving to serve the country and innovating Excellence".
985 University generally refers to the 985 Project. The "985 Project" refers to the major decision made by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council to build a world-class university at the turn of the century. 2 1 1 University generally refers to 21/project. 2 1 1 project refers to the construction project of about 100 universities and a number of key disciplines in the 2 1 century, which was officially started after the approval of 1995 in the State Council. "2 1 1 Project" is a key construction work in the field of higher education initiated by the state since the founding of New China. This is an important measure taken by the China government to implement the strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education", and it is also an important decision made by the Chinese nation to develop higher education in the face of the domestic and international situation at the turn of the century.