Shenyang Normal University is the first institution of higher learning in Liaoning Province that can grant foreign universities a bachelor's degree in business with the approval of the People's Republic of China (PRC) the State Council Academic Degrees Committee Office. Founded in 2003, International Business School is the carrier of cooperation between Shenyang Normal University and Heisburg State University in Kansas, USA. Partner, Heisburg State University, Kansas, USA, founded in 1902. It is a public university in Kansas, which mainly implements four-year university education in liberal arts, science and applied disciplines.