Harbin Normal University

Harbin Normal University was founded in 1951. It is a high-level teaching and research university with a long history and a focus on teacher education. It is an important base for cultivating talents and conducting scientific research in education, art, humanities and social sciences, and natural sciences in Heilongjiang Province. It is a key high-level university under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province. The university is part of the National "Project for Basic Capacity Building of Higher Education Institutions in Central and Western China" and is a pilot university for the Ministry of Education's comprehensive reform of "all-round education for all". In December 2022, the university was selected as part of the new round of "Double First-Class" construction project in Heilongjiang Province.

The university is located in Harbin, the ice city in northern China, and has two campuses on the south and north banks of the Songhua River, forming a "one university, two campuses" educational layout. The school covers an area of 3.46 million square meters and has a building area of 1.639 million square meters. It has a four-in-one exhibition center with the Cultural and Museum center at its core. The library houses over 3.6 million volumes and is a key protected unit of ancient books in China.

The school has a strong faculty, with over 1,800 full-time teachers, including more than 330 professors, more than 660 associate professors, and more than 600 doctoral and master's supervisors. There are more than 90 national-level outstanding talents, including experts in the National Program for the Development of Talents, outstanding young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the country, recipients of the Special Government Allowance of The State Council, national teaching masters, and national excellent teachers.

The school has extensive international cultural exchanges and cooperation. Currently, it has established educational science and technology cooperation and academic exchange relations with more than 80 universities and research institutions in over 30 countries and regions including Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Canada, Australia, Poland, South Korea, Brazil and Egypt. Four Confucius Institutes and one independent Confucius classroom have been established overseas, and the school has been awarded the title of "Advanced Chinese Partner of Confucius Institutes". It is a recipient of the Chinese Government Scholarship, the International Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship, and the Heilongjiang Provincial Government Scholarship. It is also a test center for the Certificate of International Chinese Language Teacher and a base for the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK).

Since the launch of international student education in 1984, more than 20,000 students of all kinds from 67 countries and regions have been trained. At present, it receives more than 1,000 long-term and short-term international students each year. The school has three apartments for international students, with a total floor area of 23,000 square meters. The apartments have single and double rooms, each with its own bathroom, air conditioning, refrigerator, WIFI and other facilities. The apartment has a gym, a communal kitchen and a communal laundry room, providing a comfortable and convenient accommodation environment.