Northeast Forestry University

Northeast Forestry University is a multi-disciplinary institution with forestry science as its strength and forestry engineering as its characteristic. It is located in Harbin, the center of China 's largest state-owned forest area. The campus covers 136 hectares and has teaching, research and practice bases such as Maoshan Experimental Forest Farm (Maoshan Forest Park) and Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm (Liangshui National Nature Reserve). It has a total area of 33,000 hectares.

Historical evolution. Founded in July 1952 as Northeast Forestry College, it was established on the basis of the forestry Department of the College of Agriculture of Zhejiang University and the Forestry Department of Northeast Agricultural College, and was directly managed by the former State Forestry Department. It was renamed Northeast Forestry University in August 1985. In February 2000, it was transferred from the former State Forestry Administration to the Ministry of Education. In October 2005, with the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education, it became a key university under the National "211 Project". In November 2010, the Ministry of Education and the former State Forestry Administration signed a co-construction agreement. In June 2011, it became a key construction university under the National "Innovative Platform for Advantageous Disciplines" project. In March 2012, the Ministry of Education signed a cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province. In September 2017, it was approved by The State Council to be included in the "Double First-Class" initiative. In February 2022, it was included in the second round of the national "Double First-Class" initiative.

Profile of faculty and students. The school has more than 30,000 postgraduate and full-time undergraduate students, including 19,837 undergraduates and 11,518 postgraduates. There are more than 2,400 staff members, including 1,508 full-time teachers. There is one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 44 people selected for the National Talent Program, 26 experts enjoying the special government allowance of The State Council, one outstanding young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions to the country, and six outstanding young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions at the provincial and ministerial levels. There are two Huang Danyan-style teacher teams of national universities, five national forestry and grassland science and technology innovation teams of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and nine professional and technical leading talent teams of Heilongjiang Province. In recent years, one person has been recognized as a national model teacher, five as national teaching masters, five as National Excellent teachers, two as National Model teachers, one as an advanced worker in the education system, four as National teaching masters in forestry and grassland, one as a national Workers' Pioneer team, two as recipients of the National May Day Labor Medal, one as a National May Day Women's Model, and one as a National March 8th Red Flag bearer. 1 National Advanced Individual in Grassroots Theory Propaganda, 1 National New Era Youth Pioneer Award, 3 Provincial Model workers, 29 Provincial teaching masters, 8 provincial outstanding teachers, 5 recipients of the Provincial Youth May 4th Medal, and 2 "Good People of Longjiang".

Discipline and specialty. The university now has a graduate school, 20 colleges and 1 teaching department, 71 undergraduate programs, 26 national first-class undergraduate programs, 9 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 2 professional doctoral programs, 18 first-level discipline master's programs, 19 categories of professional master's programs, 10 postdoctoral research stations and 1 postdoctoral research workstation. It has two world-class disciplines, namely Forestry Engineering and forestry, and four domestic first-class disciplines, namely Biology, Ecology, Landscape Architecture and agricultural and forestry economics and management. Three first-level national key disciplines, eleven second-level national key disciplines, eight key disciplines of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, two key (cultivated) disciplines of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, one key discipline group of Heilongjiang Province, and seven key first-level disciplines of Heilongjiang Province. It has a national life science and technology talent training base jointly approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Education, a national basic science research and teaching talent training base (biology) approved by the Ministry of Education, is a national education system reform pilot school, a national outstanding engineer and outstanding agricultural and forestry talent education and training program pilot school, and a demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education by the Ministry of Education. National innovation and Entrepreneurship Base for Practical Education in Colleges and universities.

Teaching and research platform. The school has excellent teaching and research platforms and practical teaching bases. It has the National Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), the National Key Laboratory of Woody Oil Resources Utilization (Northeast Forestry University), the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Bioresource Source Ecological Utilization, and the Heilongjiang Maoshan Forest Ecosystem National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station; There are four key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, namely Forest Plant Ecology, Biomass Materials Science and Technology, Restoration and Reconstruction of Saline-alkali vegetation in Northeast China, and Sustainable Management of Forest ecosystems, six key laboratories of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, 16 key laboratories of Heilongjiang Province, and five Heilongjiang Province International Cooperation laboratories. There are two Ministry of Education Engineering research centers, five National Forestry and Grassland Administration engineering technology research centers and feline research centers, three university discipline innovation and intelligence bases (one of which has been upgraded to the "2.0" program), and three national experimental teaching demonstration centers for forestry, forest engineering and wildlife. Two national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers for forest engineering and wildlife, and six provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers; There are two Ministry of Education Field scientific observation and research stations and four National Forestry and Grassland Administration Ecosystem Positioning research stations; There are three provincial research bases for philosophy and social sciences, six provincial key research bases for humanities and social sciences in regular colleges and universities, and two provincial think tanks; There are three long-term research bases approved by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration; There are the National Forestry and Grassland Administration Wildlife Inspection Center, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration Engineering Quality Supervision and Management General Station Inspection Center, etc. There is one overseas innovation practice base for postgraduates; 1 National Model professional degree joint training base; 165 off-campus graduate student innovation practice bases. In 2020, Maoshan Experimental Forest Farm, Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm and the Forest Museum were selected as the fifth batch of national forestry and grassland science popularization bases, and the Forest Museum was upgraded to a National second-Class museum. In 2021, the Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center and the Carbon Neutrality Technology Innovation Research Institute were established.

International exchanges and cooperation. The school actively engages in international exchanges and cooperation and has established intercollegiate partnerships with over 100 institutions of higher learning and research institutions in nearly 30 countries and regions. Each year, nearly 150 experts and scholars from abroad, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan come to the school to give lectures, conduct cooperative research and visit and study. Each year, more than 120 teachers are sent abroad to pursue degrees, study visits and conduct research cooperation. A variety of student exchange programs have been carried out with friendly schools in Russia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and students have been actively sent abroad to pursue degrees through state-sponsored channels. The school has established Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions and programs in collaboration with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and Aston University in the UK. In May 2024, the school established Hainan International College in the Lingshui Li 'an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone in Hainan. Through the integrated construction of the Sino-foreign cooperative education institution, Sino-foreign cooperative education program, overseas learning center, joint research institute and overseas teacher training, it strives to create an important international exchange window and platform. In recent years, the school has held major international academic conferences such as the International Symposium on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Forest Trees and the International Symposium on Cross-border Conservation of Tigers and Leopards. The school has been vigorously strengthening the education and training of international students. As a recipient of Chinese government scholarships for international students, it has cultivated a large number of outstanding international students from over 100 countries across five continents.

All kinds of awards and honors. In 2007, the school was rated as excellent in the evaluation of undergraduate teaching work. The school was awarded the title of "National Civilized Unit" by the Central Civilization Committee in 2011, 2014 and 2017 consecutively. In 2020, it was awarded the title of "National Civilized Campus" for the first time by the Central Civilization Committee. In 2025, it successfully passed the re-examination and retained the title of "National Civilized Campus". It has been awarded the title of Provincial Civilized Unit for 16 consecutive years. In 2021, the school's Party committee was awarded the title of "Advanced Grassroots Party Organization of Heilongjiang Province". In recent years, The school has been honored as a National Base for Ecological Civilization Education, a National Model workers' Home, a National Advanced Collective in Teacher ethics Construction, a National Model Unit for Greening, the Seventh and Tenth "Mother River Award", a National Advanced Unit for Student financial aid in colleges and universities, a National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee, a National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Branch, an outstanding project office of the National College Students' Volunteer Service Western Program, and a black dragon Heilongjiang Province May Day Labor Award Unit, Heilongjiang Province Top Ten Harmonious Campus, Heilongjiang Province Advanced Collective in Confidentiality Work, Heilongjiang Province Advanced Collective in Patriotic Education, Heilongjiang Province Advanced Unit in Legal Publicity and Education, Heilongjiang Province Advanced Unit in Conscription Work, Advanced Collective in Military-Police-Civilian Co-construction and Co-Education, Heilongjiang Province Advanced Collective in Student Work, Heilongjiang Province First Batch of Heilongjiang Province Model for Mental Health Education in Colleges and Universities The Model Center, one of the first batch of model schools for law-based governance in Heilongjiang Province, has been awarded the title of National Advanced Unit for College Students' Social Practice 23 times. In 2020, successfully hosted the 12th "Challenge Cup" China College Students' Business Plan Competition, winning the "Victory Cup" and achieving 2 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze awards. Since the 12th Five-Year Plan, the school has received 741 awards of various scientific research achievements at all levels, including 6 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and 304 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards (including 29 first prizes), and has obtained 1,680 authorized invention patents. In 2014, 2018 and 2022, the school won four second prizes of the National Teaching Achievement Award.

The school has always adhered to the principle of hard work and ecological service to the country, kept in mind the original aspiration and mission of "cultivating people for the Party and talents for the country", carried forward the school motto of "Learning reaches the sky and earth, virtue conforms to nature", carried forward the spirit of "unity and struggle, self-motivation, giving full play to advantages, striving for excellence", taken "rigor, diligence, truthfulness, innovation" as the school ethos, and pursued "adorning the land with splendor and painting the land with color" With the characteristic culture of "cultivating people through forestry", for more than 70 years since its establishment, the school has been rooted in China, held firm in the northern border of the motherland, cultivated in green mountains and clear waters, and committed to ecological civilization, and has sent a large number of senior specialized talents to society. A large number of outstanding professionals, managers and innovators, represented by national and provincial leaders, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, academic and business elites, and more than 200,000 outstanding graduates, represented by the builders of Saihanba Forest Farm, the youth team of Yingge Ling Nature Reserve, and Xu Xiujuan, the first environmental martyr in the country, It has made significant contributions to China's forestry education, ecological civilization construction and economic and social development.

The university adheres to the Party's overall leadership, accelerates high-quality development, deeply serves national strategies and regional development needs, continuously strengthens its educational advantages and highlights its educational characteristics, and strives towards the goal of building a world-class university with forestry science as its strength in accordance with the "two-step" development strategy deployment of the 14th Party Congress of the university.