Approved by the Ministry of Education PRC, Eastern Liaoning University
(ELU) is one of provincial universities in Liaoning Province. It is
located in the most beautiful border city of China—Dandong, nearby the
Yalu River. Dandong is also a coastal city near the Yellow Sea, with a
beautiful scenery and human-friendly climate. That’s the ideal place
for study and life. This university is home to two campuses: Linjiang
Campus and Jinshan Campus. Linjiang Campus is built along the Yalu
River, towards Sinuiju City of North Korea, with the beautiful
environment; while Jinshan Campus is located at the foot of Wulong
Mountain, a famous tourist site with green trees and fresh air. ELU
covers an area of 1280mu and the total building area is about 406,300
square meters. The fixed assets total 672 million. And there are
approximately 16,000 students at ELU.
There are 17 school subsidiaries included in the
University: Economic School, Korean School, School of Business
Administration, School of Tourism Management, and School of Adult
Education under Linjiang Campus; and Foreign Language School, School of
Art & Design, Agriculture School , School of Mechanic and
Electronic Engineering, School of Clothing & Textile, Medical
School, School of Information Engineering, Normal School, School of
Urban Construction, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Health
and Image Management, and School of Engineering Technology under Jinshan
Campus. Currently the major programs of ELU mainly lie in over 9
subjects including Economics, Education, Literature, Science,
Technology, Agriculture, Medicine, Management, Arts, etc. With focus on
bachelor degree education, it offers vocational (associate degree)
education as well as undergraduate education. It has 47 bachelor degree
majors and 32 vocational (associate degree) majors now.
ELU boasts teaching staff who are in their prime
and full of vigour, much experienced in teaching, and with high
academic level. Among its teaching staff of 1051, there are 131
professors and 494 associate professors, 793 with master's degree and
above. The majority of excellent teachers enjoy the special allowance
of the State Council, including excellent experts, Hundred-Thousand
Talents Top program, distinguished teachers and outstanding young
teachers of Liaoning province. ELU also boasts perfect and modern
infrastructure for education and advanced experimental training system.
There are two provincial key laboratories in the university, namely Key
Laboratory of Functional Textile Materials and Key Laboratory of
Early-Warning Monitoring Technology in Water Environmental
Radioactivity, and two provincial experimental teaching bases like
Experimental Teaching Center of Economic Management and Experimental
Teaching Center of Clothing and Textile Engineering. Liaoning Research
Base of the Korean Peninsula has been awarded and approved as one of
the First Batch of Regional Development and Strategy Research Bases of
Liaoning. Besides, there are Experimental Center, Engineering Training
Center, Modern Educational Technology Center, Experimental Teaching
Center of the Economic Administration, Medical Experimental Center,
Materials science and Chemical Engineering Experiment Center,
Experimental Center of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Foreign
Language Center, Training Center for Educational Comprehensive Skills,
Accounting Experiment Center, Business Training Center and other
Experimental Teaching Centers in ELU. It also has established a high
standard of modern Tourism Management Training Base (Eastern Liaoning
University Business Hotel), a Clothing and Textile Research and
Training Base, a Korean Training Base, a Computer Application Technology
and Public Training Base, an Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Training
Base and Horticultural Training Base, etc.
ELU pays great attention to International cooperation and
exchange. It has established cooperative relations with 14 renowned
universities and institutions such as S. Korea, the U.S.A, Britain,
Canada, Australia, Japan, etc and launched extensive academic
exchanges, students exchange programs, cooperative education and other
activities. Among them, ELU has achieved remarkable results in
cooperation with many universities in South Korea, which fully reflects
the geographical advantages of Eastern Liaoning University.