Liaoning University is the only comprehensive academic higher education institution of its kind in Liaoning Province in the breadth of disciplines offered like Chinese, history, Philosophy, economics, law, sciences, engineering, management, medicine and art.

LNU offers 71 undergraduate disciplines, 26 master degree programs at the first level, 24 professional degree authorization programs, 8 doctoral programs at the first level, 8 post-doctoral research stations to its credit, 3 national key disciplines, and 6 provincial key first-level disciplines.The University has enrolled over 26,000 full-time students – 19,000 in undergraduate studies, about 6,600 in post-graduate and doctoral studies, plus over 600 international students.