Shenyang Urban Construction University, formerly known as Urban Construction College of Shenyang Architectural University, was founded in July 2000. With over 13 years of educational experience, it has been approved as a formal independent university by the Ministry of Education in 2013. The SYUCU is now a full time undergraduate university with registered students of over eleven thousand, providing exclusive degree programs on Architecture Design, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Road Traffic, Project Management, Mechanical Manufacturing, Electronic Information and Art Design.

The campus is located in the beautiful, historic and cultured city, — Shenyang. The university lies in the centre of Hunnan district of ‘university town’ which consists of eight universities— Shenyang Institute of Science and Technology, Haihua College of Liaoning Normal University, Xinglin College of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Northeastern University, Shenyang Sport University, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, the new campus of Shenyang Conservatory of Music. Liaoning Provincial Library, Liaoning Science and Technology Museum, and Liaoning Provincial Museum are also within the area. It is located in the new administrational and educational area with convenient transportation, excellent research and innovation environment and cutting—edge energy saving facilities.