Liaoning University, referred to as "Liaoning University" for short, is a comprehensive key university in charge of nine disciplines in Liaoning Province, namely, literature, history, philosophy, economics, law, science, engineering, management and art. It is the only Liaoning provincial university selected as a world-class discipline construction university, a national "2 1 1 engineering" key construction university and a key construction university in Liaoning Province.

It has successively been selected into 13 universities such as the National Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan, the National High-level University Construction Postgraduate Program, the National Demonstration University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform, the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, the University Counselor Training and Research Base of the Ministry of Education, the National Key Protection Unit of Ancient Books, and the National Economics Basic Talents Training Base.

Liaoning University was established in Shenyang in June 1948 1 1. It is the first specialized business school founded by China * * * Production Party. At the beginning of the school, it enrolled four-year undergraduates. September 5 1958 Some departments of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and shenyang normal College merged with Shenyang Russian College to form Liaoning University. Comrade Zhu De personally wrote the name of the school.