Partially run by the state and mainly by the local government, it is an institute of mostly science with specialization and advantage in the fields of chemical industry, integration in the field of science, engineering, economy, management and arts.

In 1958 it was upgraded to a college and named Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology.

SUCT has established friendly international cooperation relationships with more than 20 universities and scientific research institutes in Japan, Britain, Russia, USA, etc.

Above 50 are the experts who are awarded the subsidy of the State Council, outstanding provincial-level teachers and provincial or municipal level heads of department.

More than 200 students from Tanzania, Bangladesh, Ghana, Mauritius, India, Nepal, Nigeria, and Pakistan study under the graduate and master programmes of engineering fields and business.